Flaviano Yengko Flaviano Yengko y Abad ( 1874 - 1897 ) was one of the youngest generals during the Philippine Revolution , next only to Gregorio del Pilar ( The " Boy General " ) and Manuel Tinio ( commander of the Tinio Brigade ) . He was regarded as the " Hero of Salitran " . Early life . When he was five years old , he began to study at the " Escuela Normal " . He finished with the qualification " maestro de ascenso " . Then , he obtained his Bachelor of Arts at Colegio de San Juan de Letran . He later took law at the University of Santo Tomas , but decided to quit the course when the Philippine Revolution broke out in August 1896 . He left home to join the Revolution , leaving a note for his mother that he was going to " fight for the Fatherland " . Love story and the Revolution . Yengko originally did not want to fight in the Revolution , as he was then finishing his law course , but one primary factor that pushed him to do so had to do with his love story . He had a rival for a young woman of Cavite who had distinguished himself in more than one battle during the Revolution . Though the woman favored Yengko , her father , perhaps a patriot , was inclined toward Yengko ’ s young rival . To make his daughter make up her mind , he used to tell her , " " What can you expect from a dude like him ( Yengko ) who does not know anything but to dress himself like a woman and is incapable of picking up a gun and fighting like a man for our cause ? " " The words of the father eventually reached the ears of Yengko , and as he was a man of deep honor , he decided to show that the father had a misconception of him . From then on , there took place a real contest between the two rivals to perform the most courageous acts in the Revolution . On November 8 , 1896 , Yengko reached Imus , where he presented himself to General Emilio Aguinaldo . The first assignment given to him was the transport of gunpowder from Manila to Cavite . He then fought at the Battle of Binakayan , which took place from November 9 to 11 , 1896 . It was considered the first major victory of Filipino revolutionaries during Philippine Revolution . Yengko ' s bravery and valor during the battle caught the attention of General Aguinaldo , who promoted him to the rank of captain after the battle . By December 1896 , he had the rank of a colonel . Still , he was dressed in a neat and elegant woolen suit . On February 13 , 1897 , Governor general Camilo de Polavieja opened his first phase to regain territory lost to the revolutionaries , the Cavite campaign . General José de Lachambre , Polavieja ' s deputy , advanced against the revolutionaries with 16 , 000 men armed with Spanish M93s ( also known as Mausers ) , and one field battery . Many of the soldiers he led were from Pampanga , which were fired during Ramon Blanco ' s administration . Yengko , along with other revolutionaries led by Aguinaldo and General Edilberto Evangelista , fought the Spanish at the Battle of Zapote Bridge . The battle was a Filipino victory , but the counterattack made on February 22 caused only a Filipino retreat . Despite that , Aguinaldo promoted Yengko to brigadier general for his performance in the encounter . After the fall of Perez Dasmarinas to enemy control , Yengko , along with General Crispulo Aguinaldo and Colonel Juan Cailles , defended Salitran in hopes to stop the Spanish advance to Imus , the capital of the Cavite revolutionaries . During the battle that ensued on March 1 , he was fatally wounded in the abdomen and was carried by his men to a military hospital in Imus . At the hospital , his love comforted him . With the satisfaction of a reciprocated love and the glory of having fought for his country , he died on March 3 , 1897 due to urinal complication .