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Lao Wu was born in the Qing Dynasty and was a scholar. In his early years, he set up a stall on the streets of Beijing to tell fortune and lived by his own golden words, so he was called blind Wu. Later, Yuan Shikai trained in a small station, and Wu took refuge in Cao Kun, the big boss of Beiyang. Although he can't ride a horse or shoot a gun, he has done a good job in the position of staff. Cao Kun was promoted to an official position, and Wu became a brigade commander.

Around 19 18, Wu saw the fall of Cao Kun and took refuge in Duan. From then on, he supported his troops and respected himself. 19 19 years followed Xu Shichang and defeated Duan by direct fighting in central Anhui. By 1922, Zhang was defeated in the direct war for the first time and occupied Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shandong and Hunan.

By 1924, Wu had occupied half of China, with hundreds of thousands of troops, occupied Luoyang, contained the governors of 18 provinces, appeared on the cover of Time magazine twice, and once became the most promising person to unify China.

As a result, unexpected things happened. 1924, Wu was defeated by Zhang in the second direct war. Although it still occupies five central provinces, its momentum is not as good as before. 1926, Guangdong National Government began the Northern Expedition. Although Wu was several times stronger than his opponent, he was still defeated and had to flee to Sichuan to take refuge in Yang Sen. 193 1 year, Sichuan warlords scuffled, and Wu went north to Peiping to seek shelter from his old rival Zhang Xueliang. From then on, he lived in the world and died in Beiping.

Although Lao Wu is ruthless and ambitious, he is an out-and-out lean man, but after all, he is unambiguous in national festivals and always refuses to accept the Japanese. In his early years, he saw the cruelty and ambition of the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War, and he was deeply guarded against it.

After the September 18th Incident broke out, Japanese aggression against China was further accelerated. In 1932, Japanese spy Araki visited Wu on behalf of the Japanese government and provided Wu with 65,438+10,000 rifles, 2,000 machine guns, 500 cannons and some bullets. In addition, he also helped earn millions of dollars in military spending and help make a comeback, but refused to say:

"I used to have more than 65438+ guns and millions of money, but I still failed. This shows that the chance of success or failure is not here. What can I do to see the world if I borrow foreign debts and attract foreign aid? A gentleman does something, and China people can only do things for themselves in China. I dare not accept your kindness. "

1932, Wu returned to Beiping, and Zhang Xueliang met him at the railway station. Wu asked Zhang Xueliang why he didn't resist the September 18th Incident. Zhang Xueliang said that he was not strong enough to be defeated, and the Central Committee had an order not to resist. Wu looked at and said:

"The greatest strength of a soldier is the word" death "! Even if you have an order, you will not be subject to your life outside. You don't even understand this truth. This is a disgrace to your father. Your father's coffin will stand up if you don't report your national enmity and your family enmity!

In order to let Wu go out to work for Japan, the Japanese exhausted all kinds of threats and inducements, and even persuaded Wang Jingwei, but Wu just said: Let me go out, Japan must withdraw, and I want to restore the legal system.

Seeing that both hard and soft tactics could not succeed, the Japanese army made up its mind to get rid of Wu, and poisoned him on February 4, 1939, ending the heroic generation.

Throughout Lao Wu's life, he fought for power and profit, and did a lot of bad things, which was also common in the era of warlord melee. It is commendable that you would rather die than be a Japanese puppet. If he is willing to be a traitor, it is nothing to Wang Jingwei.

1946 65438+In February, the National Government held a state funeral for Lao Wu, presided over by Li Zongren, and Chiang Kai-shek presented an elegy, saying: "See the lonely city at dusk and never return; It is difficult for ten thousand people to cherish the people. " It is also a pity and honor to die.