The small county town at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces is known as the 'First Hometown of Generals in China'

In our country, there is such a place, it is a small county town at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces, known as the 'First Hometown of Generals in China'. Have you been there? Curious friends might ask, where exactly is this small county town hidden at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces, known as the 'First Hometown of Generals in China'? What different landscapes are there? With these questions and curiosity, let's talk about Macheng today. Macheng City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, managed by Huanggang City. Macheng City is located in the northeastern part of Hubei Province, in the northern part of Huanggang City, at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces, with a total area of 3,747 square kilometers. In the first year of the Daxiang period of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (579 AD), Macheng County was first established. During the Ming Dynasty, Huang'an County was established. In 1986, Macheng was changed from a county to a city. Macheng City is the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Baiju in 'The Art of War by Sun Tzu', the birthplace of the 'Huguang Filling Sichuan' movement, and the source of the 'Huangma Uprising'. The Red Fourth Army and the Red Twenty-eighth Army were born here, and 36 founding generals of the Republic, including Wang Shusheng and Chen Zaidao, came from here, earning it the title of 'First Hometown of Generals in China'.