Let's pay tribute to the legendary hero's short and brilliant life.
First, I was born in poverty and joined the army. Since ancient times, heroes have never asked the source.
1882 12 18. Cai E was born in Dongxiang, Shaoyang County, Baoqing District, Hunan Province (1996, renamed Cai E Township), a poor peasant family. Like many poor sons in the history of China, Cai E is smart and studious. 65,438+03 years old, scholar. 1897 was admitted to Changsha current affairs school in the third place, and studied under Liang Qichao, a famous scholar at that time. At that time, he was the youngest of the students, but "he was among the best in the monthly exam in his class, and all his classmates admired him." Two years later, 17-year-old Cai E went to Japan to study (note: studying in Cai E was sponsored by Yuan Shikai, and it was also said that it was sponsored by his teacher Tang, which was inconclusive). He studied at Tokyo Datong College and Yokohama East Asia Business School successively.
1900 briefly returned to China to participate in the self-defense uprising. After the failure, Cai E suddenly realized. What the country lacks now is not weak intellectuals, but excellent soldiers, so it was renamed "Hua", meaning "Blade", which was taken from the famous sentence "Lotus wears a sword, autumn moon hides" written by Liang Wujun in the Southern Dynasties. Later, he returned to Japan, entered Chengcheng School first, and then entered the third phase of the Army NCO School to learn riding. During this period, he and his classmates Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun were called "Three Outstanding Officers in China".
Second, Lu Bu, a red hare in the crowd, saw his heroic spirit at a glance.
Cai E 1904 graduated and returned to China. At that time, there were few modern officers in China, especially outstanding officers who came back from studying abroad. As a returnee, Cai E was recommended as supervisor of Jiangxi Military Academy, assistant of Hunan Office, chief staff officer and head coach of Guangxi New Army, director of Guangxi Surveying and Mapping, general manager of Guangxi Army Academy, and general manager of Guangxi Army Academy. Cai E is young and handsome. He jumps every day, with boots on his feet and a command knife slung over his waist. He made the officers and men awe-inspiring, and was known as "Lyu3 bu4 among people, Red Rabbit among horses". Later, Li Zongren, the first-class general of the Kuomintang army and the commander-in-chief of "Taierzhuang Campaign", was a student of the third phase of Guangxi Army Primary School. He once said, "We respect him (Cai E) as a god."
19 1 1 year, Li Jingxi, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, hired him as the 37th Association of the 19th Town of the New Army, equivalent to the post of brigade commander. At this time, there were a large number of members and radical young officers in the Yunnan New Army and Wujiang Guild Hall, who actively planned the revolutionary struggle against the Qing Dynasty. Cai E, who did not participate in the League, but participated in the uprising of the Independent Army, used his military position to give absolute sympathy and help to the activities of the revolutionary party. He once assured the members of the alliance that he would give "absolute sympathy and support" in the event of revolution.
Third, chivalrous people, for the country and the people, create a Republic first, and then protect the Republic of China.
19110 June10, Wuchang Uprising broke out, and the provinces in the Han Dynasty responded. After the news of the success of the uprising reached Yunnan, Cai E made a secret agreement with Tang and others. Unexpectedly, Governor Yungui intends to order the dissolution of the new army. At this critical moment, on the night of 10 year 10 30, Cai E decided to advance the uprising. The students of Jiangwutang led by Li Genyuan attacked the city from the northwest, and he led part of the 37th Division to attack the southeast gate. At noon the next day, the insurgents successfully captured the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Office. 1 1 10/month 1, the viceroy of the Yunnan Army in Dazhong Hua was established, and Cai E was elected as the viceroy. A few days later, the whole province recovered, which was called "Chongyang Uprising" in history.
At this time, Cai E saw that "the British spy on Tibet, the French spy on Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong, the borders are too numerous to mention, and the crisis has dropped. If the screen is not solid, the country will not be a country. " 1965438+From May to July, 2003, Cai E convened military representatives from five southwestern provinces, held a joint military meeting of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces in Kunming, and personally served as the editor-in-chief and compiled the draft border defense plan of the five provinces. Cai E put forward that the north mainly faces Germany, Japan and Russia, and the three northeastern provinces, Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu unite to deal with it; The central defense and coastline are Britain, France, Germany and Japan, and Huguang, Liangjiang, Zhili, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong should jointly deal with them; The southwest is threatened by Britain and France, which can be dealt with jointly by Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. Later, during the Anti-Japanese War, many opinions and propositions of Southwest Joint Defense, such as judging the national defense situation in Southwest China, strengthening inter-provincial military cooperation, building southwest traffic lines, and even some specific tactical arrangements, coincided with the draft and Cai E.
Yuan Shikai is very optimistic about Cai E. He once commented on Cai E: "Cai E is far above Huang Xing and the People's Party. This person is as tough as Song Jiao Ren." Instead of Cai E of Beiyang, he sat with military and political power at a young age, guarding Yunnan, a treasure-house where mountains are high and emperors are far away. Yuan Shikai is not at ease. 19 13 10 Yuan Shikai was transferred to Beijing under the supervision of the State Economic and Social Bureau in the name of "being allowed to take sick leave in March and being called to Beijing to deal with the aftermath". In fact, he was deprived of military power and was closely monitored. Yuan Shikai's activities of restoring monarchy made Cai E very angry. He is determined to "fight for the personality of 40 million people" by force. In order to avoid arousing Yuan Shikai's suspicion, Cai E pretended not to care about politics on the surface, refuted Liang Qichao who opposed the imperial system in public, and made a positive statement "in favor of the imperial system". At the same time, he often "fooling around" in eight hutongs and became close friends with the famous prostitute Fengxian Xiao.
191511month, while the surveillance was unprepared, Cai E secretly left Beijing, went to Japan in the name of treating diseases, passed through Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Vietnam, and arrived in Kunming on 12 19. 19151February 12, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. Although people at that time reviled Yuan Shikai as the emperor, not many people mastered the Beiyang army, and no one dared to use force. Cai E was the first to come forward and just arrived in Kunming, which was 65438+ years.
The battlefield in Sichuan is an important battlefield in the war to protect the country and defend the country. 19 16 March, fought fiercely with superior Yuan Jun in Naxi and Luzhou, Sichuan. In the battle, Cai E made the right-wing Zhao attack; Gu Pinzhen Middle Road, frontal feint, Zhu De (yes, marshal of our Republic) and Zhang Xu detour from the flank, and Liu Cunhou covers the main force on the left. Several lines of troops won the battle in a row, and the enemy's main force, "the seventh division, has been killed and wounded, with more than half of its troops damaged, and has no ability to fight again." In the case of lack of money and ammunition and intermittent support from the rear, the National Defence Force fought with the so-called elite Beiyang Army for several months, successfully containing the main enemy forces and promoting the development and growth of the national anti-imperialist movement. 1965438+On March 22nd, 2006, Yuan Shikai was forced to announce the abolition of the monarchy.
Fourth, China took many detours because of his talented people who died young.
The mission of defending the country has been declared complete. However, the condition of Cai E, the first hero of the Republic of China, is getting worse and worse. In fact, as early as when he was under house arrest in Beijing, Cai E suffered from tuberculosis and throat tuberculosis, and it was recorded in history that "his throat was sore when he met with strong wind" (Yuan Shikai would never have let him leave Beijing for treatment if he was not really sick). Cai E repelled the disease and went to Yunnan to lead the anti-Yuan uprising. Due to the long-distance bumps and travel-stained, his throat disease worsened. In the war to defend the country, the army worked hard and was in a hurry. Not only was it hoarse, but it also hurt, and it was difficult to eat, and its condition became more and more serious. Liang Qichao learned that Cai E was getting worse, so he specially called Amish, a German doctor from Chongqing, to make a diagnosis and give treatment in Luzhou. Unfortunately, Amish made a wrong diagnosis, used plum-expelling therapy and gave Cai E an injection of Springfield, which led to a sharp deterioration of her condition.
On July 6, the Beijing government officially appointed Cai as the governor and governor of Sichuan. Since then, Cai E's condition has deteriorated rapidly, and he is too weak to walk two or three steps, and his voice is weak. On September 9th, Cai E sailed to Japan and was admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Fukuoka Medical University for treatment. At this time, it is extremely difficult for Cai E to speak. Doctors believe that Cai E's throat disease is caused by the infiltration of tuberculosis into the throat. At that time, there was no specific drug to treat tuberculosis, and Cai E was too weak to have a laryngectomy, so he had to use drugs to control and recuperate. 165438+17 October, Cai E's spirit improved greatly, but before the deadline, it was a dead light. In the evening, the illness turned sharply and entered a dying state. 165438+1at 4: 00 a.m. on October 8th, Cai E, a great soldier, passed away forever at the age of 35 with infinite attachment to the motherland and people and great achievements in his life.
Cai E wrote in his will: "I commanded the First Army of Yunnan National Defence Army to be killed in the Sichuan War and made some contributions. I urge Luo Peijin and others to verify the petition certificate to show justice; He was short-lived and failed to devote himself to the Republic of China. It should be a thin burial. " Although Cai E didn't want to be reburied, the Beiyang government "didn't meet his requirements". 19 17 On April 12, Cai E returned to his hometown, and the Beiyang government held a state funeral in Yuelu Mountain, Changsha. Cai E also became the first person in the state funeral. Sun Yat-sen's Elegy: All the generous classes in life are protected; The horse is in Wan Li. Liang Qichao wrote elegiac couplet: it is better to know evil than to die; It's not my wife's fault, but who will?
In his short life, Cai E did many important things that could change the historical process of the Republic of China, and occupied an important position in modern history. Later historical experts once commented: "If Cai E hadn't died young, I'm afraid the history of the Republic of China would have been completely rewritten."
Heroes deserve our eternal memory! Salute to General Cai E!
References:
"1" Officers' Corps "is getting worse and worse. How far is Cai E's revolutionary road? 》
"2" Bai Yijun's Brief Introduction to the Draft Border Defense Plan of the Five Provinces of Cai and E "