Quartermasters can also fight the devils

On November 7, the Japanese 11th Army's troops responsible for the central attack finally reached Nuanshui Street and Wangjiachang. However, the main defensive positions of the Chinese government's 10th Army were still in their hands, and the overall battle was still in a stalemate.

The 10th Army of the Chinese government was a relatively powerful force among the government's direct forces. Although facing the two divisions and a regiment of the Japanese 11th Army responsible for the central attack, and the assistance of a Japanese division in the north, the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army still fought desperately relying on the dangerous terrain.

Taking the Provisional Sixth Division of the 79th Army of the Tenth Army as an example, this unit participated in the First and Second Changsha Campaigns, the Winter Offensive, the Shanggao Campaign, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, and has very rich combat experience.

Interestingly, the Provisional Sixth Division was originally a ragtag unit, which was originally the unit of Long Yunfei, the well-known "Qingpa Miao King" in Xiangxi.

Long Yunfei was from Shanjiang Town, Fenghuang County. He was born into a family of Miao military officers. Under the education of his father Long Fushou, a garrison of the Qing Dynasty, Long Yunfei liked military affairs since he was a child. He not only wielded guns and sticks, but also particularly liked Miao boxing, and became a famous martial arts expert in Fenghuang County.

Unlike ordinary Miao people, Long Yunfei was sent to a private school by his father for a few years, where he received Han education and was able to master some literature and writing. Originally, Long Yunfei had both martial arts and cultural knowledge, so he could join the army or go to school and leave his poor hometown in western Hunan. However, Long Yunfei's life changed because of a woman.

Xiangxi has been plagued by rampant banditry since the Song Dynasty. The local area is actually controlled by bandits, like a second government. When Long Yunfei was sixteen years old, he went to Liangtou Township to visit his aunt. As a result, Long Yunfei met a young Miao woman in her twenties crying outside the village.

Out of curiosity, Long Yunfei went over to ask the onlookers and found out that the young woman was originally from a neighboring village. Because of her beauty, she was noticed by the local bandit leader Long Tangyi. So, at the wedding of the young woman, the bandit leader Long Tangyi sent people to forcibly take her to his stronghold to be his sixth wife.

The bandit leader Long Tangyi was a very vicious person. He was afraid that the young woman's family would take revenge on him in the future, so he sent his men to kill the young woman's entire family and her fiancé's family. Unexpectedly, the bandit leader Long Tangyi got tired of the young woman after kidnapping her for more than a year, so he threw her into a neighboring village and ignored her. The young woman cried all day long when she thought of the tragic deaths of her family and fiancé.

After listening to the introduction of the onlookers, Long Yunfei felt very sympathetic towards the young woman, and at the same time he hated the big bandit leader Long Tangyi very much. Later, Long Yunfei often helped the young woman, and the two developed feelings for each other. In order to avoid suspicion, Long Yunfei and the young woman prepared to leave Xiangxi to live a small life together.

However, what Long Yunfei didn't expect was that the affair between him and the young woman was soon known by the bandit leader Long Tangyi. After Long Tangyi knew about the affair between Long Yunfei and the young woman, he flew into a rage and yelled, "Who is this Long Yunfei? He even dared to touch the woman I played with before. He simply doesn't want to live anymore."

Therefore, the bandit leader Long Tangyi ordered his men to capture Long Yunfei and the young woman. As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands, and these bandits all had guns in their hands. Long Yunfei was no match for them at all, and he was captured together with the young woman and taken to the mountain stronghold.

The bandit leader Long Tangyi directly drowned the young woman to death. As for Long Yunfei, he should have been beheaded or even burned to death. Fortunately, Long Yunfei's family was very powerful in the local area. In order to rescue Long Yunfei, the Long family sent a middleman with generous gifts to plead for mercy.

Although Long Tangyi was a bandit, he had to deal with the local big families after all, and he couldn't be too ruthless. Therefore, after considering his own actual interests, the bandit leader Long Tangyi did not dare to kill Long Yunfei. However, the bandit leader Long Tangyi still personally took a knife and cut Long Yunfei's face, saying bluntly that this was to leave a mark for Long Yunfei, so that Long Yunfei would remember not to be so blind in the future.

After returning home, Long Yunfei, who was extremely strong-willed, vowed to avenge his dead lover and the humiliation he had suffered today. So, Long Yunfei gave up the superior environment at home, ran away from home, and began to travel the world at the age of eighteen.

Because Long Yunfei had both martial arts skills and wisdom, and was a very loyal person, he soon became a famous figure in the martial arts world and later joined the Pao Brothers Society.

Long Yunfei joined Tian Shaofeng's gang near Fenghuang County and became the third-in-command of the gang. He made a living by gambling, selling opium and protecting merchants. With Long Yunfei's assistance, the gang grew stronger day by day and eventually became one of the most powerful gangs in western Hunan.

After forming his own powerful force, the first thing Long Yunfei did was to lead his men to raid Long Tangyi's lair and completely wipe out the bandit gang that was entrenched in Liangtou Township. At the same time, Long Yunfei personally killed the bandit leader Long Tangyi, avenging his lover and the humiliation he had suffered in the past.

However, Long Yunfei was not an ordinary bandit. He had his own lofty ambitions. During the Xinhai Revolution, Long Yunfei led his subordinates to join the Fenghuang Miao Restoration Army. He himself was also the first to climb up the Fenghuang city wall with a machete on his back.

Because Long Yunfei was very capable and was a Miao, he was soon valued by the local warlord, Chen Quzhen, the King of Xiangxi. In addition, Chen Quzhen was also a bandit, which made Chen Quzhen admire Long Yunfei even more. Later, Chen Quzhen appointed Long Yunfei as the division commander, responsible for garrisoning Xiangxi.

Due to his outstanding military achievements and great loyalty, Long Yunfei became extremely famous, especially among the Miao people, and was honored as the "Qingpa Miao King".

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Long Yunfei understood that national justice came first and that the Miao and Han were one family, so he led his troops to submit to the Chinese government and participate in the Anti-Japanese War.

The more than 10,000 troops under Long Yunfei were reorganized by the Huaxia government into the Provisional Sixth Division. There are a large number of local Miao people in this army. The relationship between the Miao and Han people in China is also very interesting. In the ancient mythological era, the two sides were opponents. The ancestor worshipped by the Miao people was Chi You, and in the mythological period they were fighting against the ancestors of the Han people.

The Miao people are a martial nation with their own weapons and martial arts. They are particularly good at bows and crossbows. All Miao men are experts in jungle and mountain warfare. Miao men must carry weapons when they go out. They are proud of carrying weapons, and most Miao youths in western Hunan can punch and kick a few times. Many of them are also good at swordsmanship and stick fighting in the Miao martial arts.