Daxing Town, Yongshan County, Zhaotong City is the hometown of which celebrity?

Zeng Zesheng (1902-1973), Lieutenant General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. A native of Daxing Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan Province. In December 1922, he was admitted to the founding machine gun military unit founded by Tang Jiyao in Yunnan. After graduation, he entered the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall to study. In 1925, he entered Huangpu Military Academy and served as the captain of the third district. In January 1927, he entered the advanced class of Hupu Military Academy. In January 1929, he returned to Yunnan at the invitation of Long Yun, Chairman of the Yunnan Province of the Kuomintang, and established an officer cadet corps in Kunming, serving as deputy captain. He later served as captain of the 98th Division Sergeant Corps of the Yunnan Army, battalion commander of the 6th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, and deputy commander of the 5th Regiment. Head of the group. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the 1085th Regiment of the 184th Division of the 60th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He followed the army to the anti-Japanese front line. In 1938, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Taierzhuang. From 1939, he served as deputy division commander and division commander of the 184th Division, and commander of the 60th Army. After Japan surrendered in 1945, it led its troops to Vietnam to surrender. In 1946, he led the 60th Army to the Northeast and served successively as the deputy commander of the Fourth Northeast "Appeasement" District of the Kuomintang, the Jilin garrison commander, the deputy commander of the First Corps, and the commander of the 60th Army. In October 1948, he led the 60th Army in the Changchun Uprising. The unit was reorganized into the 50th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and served as its commander. Later, he led his troops to participate in the battle to liberate western Hubei and march into the southwest. In 1949, he participated in the first plenary session of the CPPCC National Committee. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a member of the Central-South Military and Political Commission in March 1950. On October 26 of the same year, he led the 50th Army across the Yalu River to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. He served as the commander of the 50th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers and led his troops to participate in the first to fourth battles. On March 15, 1951, the 50th Army, which was ordered to lead the Han River blockade operation, returned to China for rest and replenishment. On July 4, 1951, he once again led the 50th Army into North Korea and was responsible for the defense of the west coast and the repair of frontline airports. From October to November 1951, he commanded the 50th Army to cross the sea and attack islands, and successively liberated enemy-occupied islands in the north of the Chongchuan River. At the end of 1951, he returned to China to recuperate due to illness. In January 1953, he entered North Korea and returned to the 50th Army. On April 19, 1955, he led the 50th Army back to China and stationed in Dandong. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and the first-class Liberation Medal. He was a member of the first to third National Defense Commission and a member of the Standing Committee of the third and fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Died in Beijing on February 22, 1973.

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