19 16, Chen, who was only 14 years old, resolutely signed up for the army out of patriotism and introduced Tan Shiming to study at Dongshan School. At that time, Dongshan School not only taught western knowledge, but also taught students the history of European revolutionary struggle. Here, Tan Shiming also began to devote himself to the patriotic and anti-imperialist movement. 1926, Tan Shiming graduated from school, married Chen's sister Qiu Ju, and became Chen's uncle. After that, Tan Shiming wrote to Chen, proposing that he wanted to go to the Whampoa Military Academy to participate in the revolutionary struggle. At this time, Chen has been renamed Chen Geng, and served as the eighth battalion commander of the National Revolutionary Army. After receiving Tan Shiming's letter, Chen Geng immediately sent someone to take him to Wuhan to join the army. 1955, both of them were born in a landlord family and were awarded the rank of general.
It is a great honor for a family to have two generals at the same time. However, this is not over yet. Besides Chen Geng and Tan Shiming, there are two generals among the servants of the Chen family. The Chen family has a servant named Lu, and he has a child named Lu Dongsheng. At the age of seven, he was herding sheep in the Chen family. But Chen Geng never regarded Lu Dongsheng as a servant, but regarded him as his own brother. After Chen Geng joined the army, Lu Dongsheng left the Chen family to work in Xiangtan. A few years later, Lu Dongsheng went to Hengyang to join the Fourth Army of Xiang in Tang Shengzhi.
Later, Lu Dongsheng followed the troops to Wuhan and met Chen Geng, who was sent to the spy camp as the battalion commander. Since then, he has served as an adjutant in the camp. Since then, the two have become comrades in arms. Unfortunately, Lv Dong was born in 1945 and died in Harbin in February at the age of 37. If Lu Dongsheng hadn't died, he would have been a general.