Chen Ziying (1902- 1982), a native of Chenjia Village (now Baishawei Township) in Bali, Yizhang County, was named Gao Fang. Due to the difficulties in family life, he adopted his second uncle as his son at the age of 8. 13 years old, left home to be a soldier in Zeng Zhiyuan's department in Guiyang. He was sponsored and admitted to the sixth phase of Huangpu Military Academy. 1929 After graduation, he was assigned to the teaching corps of Nanjing Xiaoying Military Academy as an intern. The following year, he served as the platoon leader of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 36th Division of the National Army 126 Regiment, and in May 1933, he was promoted to the rank of captain and company commander. Participate in Chiang Kai-shek's "encirclement and suppression" of the Soviet area. After the Xi mutiny broke out, he followed the Ministry and stayed in Xi 'an after the incident was settled.

1In August, 937, Chen Ziying participated in the Battle of Songhu. After the battalion commander was killed, he was ordered to act as an agent and lead the troops to hold their positions and not be afraid of strong enemies. In the last battle, he didn't go down the line of fire for seven days in a row and regained his position nine times. The whole battalion suffered heavy casualties, and he was shot twice in the left leg. There was no anesthetic in the hospital operation, and the doctor dug the bullet without moaning. 1938 Qiu was discharged from hospital after injury and served as lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of the trench corps of the July 1st Army, and was soon promoted to deputy head of the 264th regiment of the 88th Division. 1 in the winter of 940, he led his troops to sneak into enemy-occupied areas for reconnaissance, seized Japanese supply vehicles1and a large number of military supplies, and caused a sensation in the whole army, that is, he was promoted to the head of the supplementary regiment. Repeatedly led new recruits to supplement the front line of Yunnan Expeditionary Force.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Ziying was appointed as the team leader of the Fifth Military Officer in Chongqing. /kloc-in 0/946, he was transferred to the commander of Dihua District in Xinjiang, which Zhang Zhizhong and Tao Zhiyue relied heavily on. 1in the summer of 949, he served as the deputy commander of Major General of 298th Division of1/8 Army. Fu Biren, a teacher, led his troops into Sichuan from Xiangxi and Hubei, and uprising in the suburbs of Chongqing. He was ordered to pick up soldiers from Pengshui and settle down in Chongqing, but he didn't move with the army. After that, he joined the general class of Southwest Military and Political University and obtained the status of defector.