General Tao Yong likes excitement, good food, good clothes, good pear orchards, good games, playing cards, drinking and making friends. He is not proficient in all games, only seeking pleasure and excitement, regardless of advantages and disadvantages.
General Tao Yong likes playing cards and often steals them. If someone says that his playing style is not right, the general will plausibly say, "Playing cards is like fighting. If it's true, it's true! "
General Tao Yong likes going to the theatre, whether it's Peking Opera, Drama, Huai Opera or Tin Opera. During the war years, the rehearsals of popular drama clubs were the must-see programs for generals, such as Blood Debt, Die Unyielding, Hero among Women, Curse the King of pass the parcel and so on.
General Tao Yong was an alcoholic. Whoever comes back after winning the battle will shout, "bring wine!" " "Ji Fang, the Commissioner of the Fourth Division, also drinks heavily, and the local area is known as' one altar in a season'. When a battle is won, the general and Ji Fang will have a cup of tea. After three rounds of wine, Ji Fang became tired and begged for mercy; Tao Yong wouldn't let me, so he twisted his nose to drink. Ji Fang was drunk for three days. After waking up, he said to Tao Yong, "Commander Tao is a war hero, and drinking is also a hero. "
General Tao Yong is cheerful and generous, especially loyal, and everyone likes to make friends with him. During the Anti-Japanese War in northern Jiangsu, local powerful figures fell in love, such as Zhan Changyou (brigade commander of Han Deqin No.1 Security Brigade), Dai Li's second battalion commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Column of the Loyal Salvation Army, Xu (head of the Japanese Puppet Army), Sun Erhu (head of the Qidong Maritime Robber), Tang Jingyan (battalion commander of the Kuomintang artillery), Lu (deputy commander of the pseudo-Xinya Salvation Army) and Ji Dunlian.