Life and death: Yang Zhicheng and Wu Daoqing

Background information:

Yang Zhicheng - born in 1903 and died in 1967, was a pioneer and important leader in the logistics work of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and was known as the "Steward of the Red Army" " title. Graduated from Huangpu Military Academy with the rank of general.

The rain is coming and the wind is blowing.

This fierce red "rainstorm" was the Shonan riot that started in Yizhang and swept through Chenzhou, Leiyang, Yongxing and other places.

Just after the Lantern Festival in 1928, Zhu De's workers' and peasants' revolutionary army captured Chenzhou. After the news came, the Leiyang County Party organization stepped up its work of secretly mobilizing the masses. Wu Ruolan and Gu Zhiying, Communist Party members and heads of the County Women's Federation, came to the County Women's Vocational High School and organized a group of activists. Wu Daoqing, a sophomore at the school, is one of them.

On February 16, the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army that marched north arrived outside Leiyang City, annihilated a house-to-house regiment of more than 800 people in Zuisiao, and captured the county seat in one fell swoop. The next day, a victory celebration meeting attended by tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians was held in the Chenghuang Temple, and the establishment of the County Soviet *** was announced.

This morning, Wu Ruolan and Gu Zhiying came to the girls' vocational school and found Wu Daoqing and others. Wu Ruolan said to them with a fighting spirit: "Now there is a riot, and people from all walks of life have taken action. What are you waiting for? Come and do it with us!"

Wu Daoqing and several An activist, Wu Ruolan's words made her heart surge with excitement. A student opened his eyes and asked: "Sister Ruolan, what are we going to do?"

"Write slogans, do propaganda, and cooperate with the county committee to mobilize the masses!" Wu Ruolan waved her hand in a loud voice.

In the afternoon, Wu Daoqing and several classmates from the women's vocational school, led by Gu Zhiying, posted slogans on Xizheng Street.

On the way back, I saw two soldiers writing plaster slogans on the wall. Because the wall is very high, the person writing the story is holding the ladder with one hand and holding the pen with the other, unable to lift the lime bucket, and the person passing the bucket cannot hold the ladder. Seeing this situation, Gu Zhiying said to Wu Daoqing: "Go and help others hold the ladder."

Wu Daoqing ran over and held the ladder with his hands. Seeing this, the soldier who handed the bucket of lime said happily: "Adjutant Yang, the ladder is held, you can write with confidence."

The soldier known as Adjutant Yang said, "Hand the bucket over "Some", dipped in lime water from the bucket, wrote two large characters one stroke at a time, and then got down from the ladder. He saw that the person holding the ladder was a young female student, and said with a grateful tone: "Thank you, classmate."

Wu Daoqing saw Adjutant Yang's face clearly. Although he has a dark but handsome face, he looks to be twenty-four or five years old at most. He is taller than the average person, somewhat thin, and his eyes are burning with passion.

Wu Daoqing did not think elsewhere, but asked:

"Are you Zhu De's subordinates?"

"Yes, his name is Yang Zhicheng. The adjutant of the headquarters." The soldier carrying the lime bucket answered first.

Wu Daoqing also introduced herself:

"My name is Wu Daoqing, and I am a second-year student at the county women's vocational school." As soon as she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong and added, "We I have just joined the revolution in the past few days. The older one just now is called Gu Zhiying and is the person in charge. We passed by here just after posting slogans on Xizheng Street."

Wu Dao's sweet and bright voice. , Yang Zhicheng immediately felt that she was a bold and lively girl. Looking at her slender figure, her face is pretty, with a sweet dimple on each cheek, her bright eyes are as clear as water, and her appearance is quite beautiful. Yang Zhicheng smiled at her and said: "It turns out that we are doing the same work. You post it and we write it, so that revolutionary slogans are everywhere in the city, making the local tyrants and evil gentry tremble with fear."

Wu Daoqing She didn't know what to say for a moment, and she felt an instinctive shyness in talking to a strange man. Suddenly, she cast her eyes on Yang Zhicheng's hand and asked: "What kind of typing pen are you using?"

Yang Zhicheng smiled and replied:

"What kind of typing pen is it?" A pen? It's rolled up with a few pieces of brown paper." He said and showed the brown pen to the other party.

Wu Daoqing said "Oh, oh" twice, glanced at Yang Zhicheng, and suddenly said: "I'm leaving." After saying that, he turned around and walked away gracefully.

Yang Zhicheng was stunned for a moment, not knowing what kind of greeting to say, and watched the girl gradually walk away with light steps. At this moment, he suddenly felt the affectionate glance the girl had just glanced at. His heart suddenly trembled. He raised his hand and wanted to say something, but he held it back.

Yang Zhicheng looked at Wu Daoqing's back with a sweet but inexplicable feeling. He never thought that he would meet this beautiful and lovely girl while writing slogans in Leiyang City, and from then on he would be with her. There was a matchmaking thread of mutual admiration in their hearts.

The rapids returned to the sea, and the wave of riots in southern Hunan finally swept 10,000 peasants and soldiers from various counties to Jinggang Mountains.

A group of Leiyang sisters such as Wu Daoqing and Gu Zhiying, except Wu Ruolan, were all organized in the 34th Regiment of the Fourth Red Army. They were in the same army and could see each other almost every day. In late May, on the eve of most of the peasant soldiers in southern Hunan returning to their hometowns, the Fourth Red Army's military headquarters selected a group of young soldiers with certain education to serve as nurses and study medicine in the Red Army Hospital. Wu Daoqing was selected. At the end of the month, she came to Maoping with Dong Qingyun, the medical director of the hospital in charge of recruiting people and a native of Leiyang, and started a new life.

Maoping Red Army Hospital has 38 doctors and nurses, as well as a cooking class and nursing platoon. Wu Daoqing was assigned to a female doctor from Hunan named Wu Huiguo. While caring for the sick and wounded, he learned medical knowledge.

On June 22, 1928, from 3 p.m. onwards, local Red Guards and riot teams carried out wounded Red Army soldiers one after another from New City. On this day, the Fourth Red Army used all its strength to engage in a fierce battle with the "two sheep of Jiangxi" - five regiments of the enemy's Yang Chisheng and Yang Ruxuan divisions in the Xin and Lao Qixiling at the junction of Ninggang and Yongxin counties. . One side wants to break through the Red Army's front and invade Ninggang, leaving Zhu Mao's Red Army without a foothold; the other side wants to block the opponent's fierce attack and defend its military base camp. The battle is unprecedentedly fierce and cruel!

It was already dark, and the military stretcher team delivered another batch of wounded people. The wounded were in urgent need of rescue and treatment. All the staff of the hospital were dispatched, and the caregivers helped the doctors. There were bamboo fires stuck everywhere on the walls of Panlong Academy, and medical staff and stretcher bearers came in and out, creating a tense and dignified atmosphere.

Wu Huiguo is the top Western medicine surgeon in the hospital. He is arranged in the first medical room on the left side of the entrance to the academy to treat the injuries of the wounded. After treatment, one by one is carried away. Wu Daoqing and another male doctor served as her assistants.

Another seriously injured person was brought in. The wounded person's face was earthy gray, his eyes were closed, and he was covered in blood. He was lying motionless on a bamboo stretcher, as if he had died. A soldier carrying the stretcher worriedly said to Wu Huiguo: "This is Adjutant Yang. He is seriously injured. I wonder if he can be saved?" Feeling suspicious, he walked forward gently from behind. After only a few glances, he suddenly walked up in surprise and forgetfulness, lowered his body very low, and called eagerly: "Adjutant Yang, it's you! Wake up!" "

Wu Huiguo asked:

"Do you know him?"

"Yes, I knew him in Leiyang." After Wu Daoqing said this, He continued to call, "Adjutant Yang, what's wrong with you? What's wrong?"

Yang Zhicheng on the stretcher did not answer. Only his chest rose and fell slightly, indicating that he was still breathing.

Wu Daoqing's nose twitched a few times and he couldn't help but shed tears.

Wu Huiguo patted her on the shoulder and said:

"Hurry up and clean the wound!"

Wu Daoqing immediately cooperated with the doctor and Wu Huiguo got busy. They changed Yang Zhicheng's bloody clothes and found three wounds on his body. There was a bullet in the left side of the abdomen, and there were two bloody holes in the right calf. The bullets were probably still inside. Due to excessive bleeding, the injury was very serious. Wu Huiguo performed surgery. He first removed the bullet from the wound on his left abdomen, then found two bullets from the blood hole in his right leg, then applied medicine and bandaged him.

Wu Huiguo and the other three were busy for a full hour and a half. They changed the flames on the bamboo strips on the wall several times before they could finish all of this. Their chests and backs were already soaked with sweat. Dr. Wu put the scalpel on the plate, let out a long breath, beat his waist with the back of his hand, and said with relief: "Okay, as long as there is no bleeding in the abdominal cavity, there will be no big danger.

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Wu Daoqing looked at Yang Zhicheng who was still unconscious on the operating table with a dazed expression.

Wu Huiguo looked at Wu Daoqing attentively and arranged: "Carry him to the pharmacy The small room on the right is under your guard. You are not allowed to leave. If anything happens, call me at any time. "

Wu Daoqing said "hmm" and said: "Sister Wu, you take a rest first, I will take care of him. "

In the second half of the night, the hospital slowly became quiet. In the small room next to the pharmacy, Wu Daoqing was guarding Yang Zhicheng. She had covered Yang with a printed quilt and looked at his His face was gray due to excessive blood loss, and he was in a mood of anxiety.

After dawn, Dean Cao Rong and Medical Director Dong Qingyun came. They listened to Wu Huiguo's introduction to Yang Zhicheng's injury. Dean Cao checked Yang's pulse and discussed with Dong Qingyun: "Those injections can only be used on him first, and others can take it easy. "

Dong Qingyun nodded silently, and then told Wu Huiguo: These precious penicillins were obtained by the detective team of the 32nd Regiment in Changsha in exchange for opium. Now they are given to Adjutant Yang for use first. After hearing this, Wu Huiguo immediately went to the infirmary to get medicine.

Near noon, the printed quilt covering Yang Zhicheng finally moved a few times. When he saw it, Wu Daoqing was pleasantly surprised and moved closer. , calling softly: "Adjutant Yang, are you awake? ”

Yang Zhicheng slowly opened his eyes. In his hazy vision, a female face that had been engraved in his heart wavered in front of his eyes for a few times, and finally settled. This freezing brought about Surprise in his heart. He moved his lips with some difficulty and put a smile on his pale face.

Wu Daoqing was so excited that he said repeatedly: "It's me, it's me, you recognize me. Already? "

Yang Zhicheng's lips moved, a smile appeared on his face, and he called out with difficulty: "Xiao Wu! ”

Wu Daoqing responded with “hmm”, with tears of excitement overflowing from his eyes.

Dr. Wu Huiguo, who learned that Yang Zhicheng had regained consciousness, rushed over quickly. She asked Wu Daoqing to After feeding Yang Zhicheng some warm tea, the two helped him sit up on the bed.

Wu Huiguo asked:

"How are you feeling now?" This is Maoping Red Army Hospital. "

Yang Zhicheng's brain is normal. Dr. Wu's words made him understand what was happening in front of him. He took a long breath and asked: "How long have I been in the hospital? ? "

Wu Huiguo told him:

"It has been exactly one night and half a day, and Xiao Wu has been guarding you. "

Yang Zhicheng looked at Wu Daoqing, who had tears on his face, and said gratefully: "Thank you so much! "

Wu Daoqing acted as if he didn't hear anything and only asked Wu Huiguo: "Sister Wu, can you get him something to eat? "

Wu Huiguo shook his head gently:

"His current condition is that he cannot eat. It would be best if he could drink some salted water." ——I'll ask the dean to approve some salt. "

After Wu Huiguo left, Wu Daoqing's eyes never left Yang Zhicheng's face. She told Yang Zhicheng softly that she had been transferred from the 34th Regiment to the hospital as a caregiver.

< p> Yang Zhicheng showed a faint smile on his face and frankly expressed his joy: "I didn't expect to see you here, I am so happy! ”

“Me too. "Wu Daoqing smiled happily.

Yang Zhicheng is a key patient in the hospital. Dong Qingyun and Wu Huiguo come several times a day and instruct Wu Daoqing that in addition to normal eating, appropriate auxiliary exercise should be performed to keep the internal organs healthy. The function of his and his right leg was restored. The hospital also specially approved several kilograms of barley to supplement Yang Zhicheng's nutrition.

Wu Daoqing was busy washing Yang Zhicheng's wounds with salt water every day and applying herbal medicine. .

The replaced gauze strips were washed cleanly, soaked in disinfectant water, and dried in the sun for next time. She borrowed a pottery jar from her old cousin to make barley porridge. It was cooked until it was thick and rotten. I helped Yang Zhicheng turn over twice every morning and afternoon, and then massaged his right leg.

After more than ten days, Yang Zhicheng's injury improved significantly and he could get out of bed and walk slowly. . Wu Daoqing asked the college for permission to move Yang Zhicheng out of Panlong Academy and live in the wing behind Yanxian Hall, which was much quieter.

At this time, Dr. Wu Huiguo had learned that the young people had known each other in Leiyang and had mutual admiration for each other. The warm-hearted elder sister who happens to be 40 years old really likes this young girl with the same surname who is hard-working and polite. She is determined to make their relationship come true and try her best to create conditions for them.

Spiritual influence, especially the power from love, is often the most effective way to treat patients.

Yang Zhicheng felt extremely relieved and happy to be able to get along with the girl he loved and searched so hard for. Wu Daoqing has a cheerful personality and is very happy now that he has met the person he once had a secret love for.

The lovers often strolled along the Maoping River and sat under the large camphor tree next to the stone arch bridge. They spoke sincerely and their two passionate hearts were tightly connected.

In their candid conversations, their respective life experiences and families, especially the marriage path that Yang Zhicheng has taken, have undoubtedly become important topics and occupied a major position.

Yang Zhicheng is a native of Sansui County, Guizhou. He studied in the county's high school at the age of 12. After graduation, he was admitted to the Provincial Class A Agricultural School, where he studied sericulture. Influenced by the May 4th Movement and progressive ideas, Yang Zhicheng, who graduated from the Class A Agricultural School, was admitted to the sixth phase of Huangpu Military Academy in May 1925. After graduating from Huangpu Military Academy, he was assigned to the Sixth Company of the Sixth Regiment of the Third Division of He Long's 20th Army as an instructor and was stationed in Wuhan with the army. Soon, the revolutionary situation suddenly changed. First, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai, and later Wang Jingwei took advantage of the momentum to "Ninghan Convergence". At this critical moment when the Great Revolution failed, Yang Zhicheng resolutely joined the Communist Party of China, contrary to those who voluntarily quit the party. In late July 1927, He Long's troops entered Jiangxi and became the main force in the Nanchang Mutiny. Soon, the rebel army withdrew from Jiangxi and marched southward to Guangdong. In Chaozhou and Shantou, they were defeated by enemies besieging them from all sides.

Yang Zhicheng and hundreds of officers and soldiers retreated to Sanheba and joined the troops commanded by Zhu De of the Nanchang Uprising Army. After the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising Army led by Zhu De moved to southern Hunan, they were renamed the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and Yang Zhicheng served as the adjutant at the division headquarters.

After listening to Yang Zhichang's long story, Wu Daoqing was a little surprised and thought silently, "I didn't expect that he would go through such a difficult life journey at such a young age!" At this time, she thought eagerly. One thing she knew was Yang Zhicheng's marriage problem, so she blurted out: "You have been out for six years. You must miss your wife at home very much, right?"

Hearing this sudden question, Yang Zhicheng was surprised and a little embarrassed. He took a long breath, as if this could relieve his inner troubles. He told Wu Daoqing frankly: "What wife? It was a forced marriage arranged by the family. I am not satisfied at all!" He was silent for a moment and then said, "Actually, I sent a registered letter to my family four years ago. , I asked her not to wait for me, and to talk to someone else earlier without the burden of having children. Later, when I arrived at Huangpu Military Academy, I wrote a letter to my family, saying that she must have given up on her over the years. "What's going on? I no longer have this concern."

Wu Daoqing was stunned once again. The kind-hearted girl knew that she had unintentionally stabbed the pain in his soul, but she felt an inexplicable sense of relief. This contradictory psychological activity caused her beautiful eyebrows to knit together tightly, her head slightly lowered, not knowing what to say.

When Yang Zhicheng saw Wu Daoqing bowing his head and saying nothing, he felt uneasy and said slowly and solemnly: "Daoqing, can't you see, I like you so much!"

< p> Yang Zhicheng sincerely expressed his feelings. At the age of 25, he was at the age when he longed for love. Ever since he first met Wu Daoqing in Leiyang, he had been fascinated by this beautiful and pure girl, and her innocent and lively character, which attracted him so strongly. However, not long after he met Wu Daoqing, the situation in Xiangnan changed. He did not see her again and could not find her. During the days when he went to Jinggang Mountain, he missed this cute little girl, but he was determined that he would never see her again! What Yang Zhicheng didn't expect was that reality opened up the cave of hope when he was already disappointed. What could be more shocking and arouse a passionate love than the reunion of two people in the hospital? Yang Zhicheng is not the kind of person who is articulate and eloquent. His honesty and sincerity are fully reflected in the words "I like you so much".

At this time, Wu Daoqing also felt a kind of satisfaction and happiness that she had never experienced before. She stared at Yang Zhicheng's dignified and deep face, moved her lips slightly, and spoke softly. It came out with some difficulty from his throat: "Brother Zhicheng, I, I like you too!"

Yang Zhicheng heard the other party's heartfelt confession clearly, and his heart trembled strongly. He saw Wu Daoqing's oval-shaped white face glowing with red clouds, and a few crystal tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, which were as touching as pear blossoms in the rain. Unconsciously, his heart surged and he could not control himself. He took Wu Daoqing's hand and stared at her with burning eyes.

Love is so deep that you can’t help it. The lovers fell towards each other and hugged each other tightly. Yang Zhicheng first kissed Wu Daoqing on the cheek, which opened the door to their relationship.

In mid-July, based on the fact that the 28th and 29th regiments were about to set off from Ninggang to raid Chaling and Lingxian counties, and Yang Zhicheng’s injury had not yet recovered, the headquarters of the Fourth Red Army appointed He is the deputy director of the military rear area stay-at-home department, and he is also in charge of the work of the logistics organization while treating patients.

The party representative of Maoping Red Army Hospital is Zhao Fazhong. Yang Zhicheng reported his love affair with Wu Daoqing to the party representative and applied for marriage in writing. Approval was obtained a few days later.

Dean Cao Rong, Director Dong Qingyun and Dr. Wu Huiguo were very enthusiastic about the marriage of Yang Zhicheng and Wu Daoqing, and vacated a room for them in the front hall of the Red Army grain depot as a bridal chamber. One day at the end of July, Yang Zhicheng and Wu Daoqing held a unique wedding ceremony in the front hall of Panlong Academy. The hall was filled with lightly wounded people and medical staff, and people were chatting and laughing happily. Someone saw that the bride was very handsome and expected that she could sing, so he made a request. Wu Daoqing did not hesitate and generously sang the song "Today's World Is Too Unfair" that Wu Ruolan taught her when she was in Leiyang. Her sweet singing voice won everyone's applause. Someone else suggested that the groom should sing a song. Yang Zhicheng couldn't refuse, but he also drawled and sang a unique Qiandong Guizhou folk song "Two Birds on the Tail of the Fir Tree".

With the arrival of the third "campaign" against the Jinggangshan base area by enemy forces in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, the loving life of Yang Zhicheng and Wu Daoqing came to an end. The severe military situation brought them an outcome that they would never see each other again. A few days before the main force of the Fourth Red Army went down the mountain, Yang Zhicheng was extremely surprised to be informed that his wife stayed in Jinggangshan because she was more than five months pregnant. Also left behind were Duan Ziying, the pregnant wife of Wang Zhancheng, the chief of staff of the 28th Regiment, Gu Zhiying, the wife of Zhou Li, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Regiment, and others.

The military orders were overwhelming, but Wu Daoqing had nothing to say

. This strong female warrior just said to her husband with tears in her eyes:

"Zhicheng, you have to come back early!"

Yang Zhicheng looked at the tears The shining wife nodded vigorously.

No one in this affectionate couple thought that this breakup would make it difficult for them to see each other again in this life!

On January 30, 1929, Jinggangshan was captured by the enemy. Wu Daoqing and the Fifth Red Army broke through and withdrew to southern Jiangxi.

During the breakout battle in Dafen, she was unable to move and fell behind. The soldiers drove away like a whirlwind, and she could not keep up. She walked for more than ten miles in the direction in which the troops retreated, and ended up in a village when it got dark. There was a rich man in the village who had no heirs. He found Wu Daoqing who was extremely tired, hungry and cold. He knew at a glance that he was the Red Army who had rushed out of Jinggang Mountain. The rich man saw that the woman was pregnant and wanted the child in her belly, so he hid her in an old brick kiln. Wu Daoqing injured his fetus during the fierce running and caught cold and fell ill. He was unable to escape and had to be at the mercy of this rich man. By the end of April, Wu Daoqing gave birth to a boy. The rich man let her breastfeed her for four months, then forcibly snatched the child away to make him his son, and sold Wu Daoqing to a Dafen farmer who made a living by cutting firewood as his wife.

Wu Daoqing was in Dafen, waiting eagerly for the news that the Fourth Red Army had returned to Jinggangshan. Half a year has passed, and 10 months have passed, and the news is getting worse and worse. It is said that Zhu Mao's team was driven away by the enemy and fled here and there. Wu Daoqing wanted to go to southern Jiangxi to find Yang Zhicheng, but he became pregnant with the child of a firewood farmer. She felt that the courage to go to southern Gansu was getting less and less, and she could only cry and be in pain all day long. In April 1936, Wu Daoqing and her husband, who collected firewood, took their children and returned to their hometown in Leiyang.

Yang Zhicheng, who was far away in the Soviet area of ??southern Jiangxi, also missed Wu Daoqing all the time. During his several years in the Central Soviet Area, Yang Zhicheng asked people to inquire about Wu Daoqing's whereabouts many times, but found nothing. In October 1934, Yang Zhicheng, who served as the head of the logistics department of the Red Front Army, participated in the Long March and reached northern Shaanxi with difficulty. In view of the fact that he was injured many times during the eight-year war, became ill due to overwork, and was in poor health, the central government arranged for him to go to the Soviet Union for treatment and recuperation. During his eight years in the Soviet Union, Yang Zhicheng still remembered Wu Daoqing. He wrote several times to Leiyang, Hunan through the international mail line to inquire about Wu Daoqing's hometown, but he received no response. In 1946, Yang Zhicheng returned to China to participate in the War of Liberation and served as the Logistics Department Minister of the Northeast Field Army. In the early days of the founding of New China, Yang Zhicheng continued to inquire about Wu Daoqing's whereabouts, and asked Wu Yunfu, a leading cadre from Leiyang in the Central and Southern Old Revolutionary Base Visiting Group, to help find Wu Daoqing. Only then did we learn that Wu Daoqing had followed others in order to survive in adversity. Yang Zhicheng sighed with great emotion, and then decided to find another life partner.

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