As the saying goes, "The scarf does not let the eyebrows be shaved", and those who fight and make meritorious deeds are not all boys. In ancient times, Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying were all brave and good at war. Hua Mulan took the place of her father and defeated Rouran; Mu Guiying was the representative of the female general of the Yang family, pressing the Khitan iron horse and hanging. However, Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying are both characters in literary works, not real beings, but fictional historical figures.
There are historical records that when the commander of the army goes out on a campaign, he can still stand alone, attack invincible, and invincible, only the female general of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Liangyu, and Lady Wa. As we all know, the "white pole soldiers" under Qin Liangyu's command are brave and good at fighting, and the combat effectiveness of a single soldier crushes the Eight Banners. Washifu was even more powerful, and the Guangxi "Wolf Soldiers" repeatedly defeated The Wokou. Before the appearance of the Qi family army, Wokou was only afraid of the "wolf soldiers".
In January 1851, Hong Xiuquan rose up in Jintian Village, Guangxi, and led 20,000 soldiers and horses in the Northern Expedition, all the way invincible, so that the Eight Banners and the Green Camp were frightened. Hong Xiuquan advocates equality between men and women, all men in the world are brothers, and all women in the world are sisters and are all family. For the convenience of marching, Hong Xiuquan implemented the "sub-camp system", in which men and women lived separately and acted alone as a fighting force.
After independence, there is no shortage of fierce generals among female soldiers, and Su Sanniang and Hong Xuanjiao are the ones who are good at it. In particular, Hong Xiuquan's sister Hong Xuanjiao is even more brave and invincible, and when the fierce battle is in full swing, she takes off her clothes and fights, driving a war horse to gallop across the road, and her performance is very eye-catching. Hong Xuanjiao's husband, Xiao Chaogui, the King of the West, was the first person to charge the battle, and Li Xiucheng said that the King of the West fought the most.
In addition to Su Sanniang and Hong Xuanjiao, there are many female generals, who are not well-known, but their force value is strong. The protagonist of this article, Wang Xiaoshi, set up an ambush to kill the Qing Dynasty, won consecutive battles, and was later executed by the Qing Dynasty Ling Chi.
Wang Xiao (王萧氏), a native of Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, was the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, originally surnamed Xiao, and later married her husband Wang Hongkai, so he was called Wang Xiaoshi. In a narrow sense, the Taiping Army refers to the Taiping Army led by Hong Xiuquan, which directly belongs to the armed forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Broadly speaking, those who carry the banner of the Taiping Army, accept Hong Xiuquan's dispatches, and receive knighthoods from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom belong to the Taiping Army. Apparently, Wang Xiao belonged to the latter and fought under the banner of the Taiping Army.
During the Daoguang years, the "sweet potato boom" of the Qianlong Dynasty went bankrupt, land mergers and acquisitions prevailed, corrupt officials and officials were rampant, and the people lived in a deep and fiery situation. Hunan Chenzhou capital, hilly area, many mountains, the economy is relatively backward, the people's survival pressure is very large. Coupled with the distant Emperor Tiangao, the officials of the Qing Dynasty were corrupt and oppressed the people, and the social contradictions were very sharp.
Social contradictions are sharp, and the qing dynasty's fierce enemies will be active again, echoing with Guangdong and Guangxi, and the momentum is very large. In the late Qing Dynasty, the uprisings of the Heaven and Earth Society were almost all in the three provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi, which is very telling.
At first, in order to make a living, Wang Xiaoshi and her husband Wang Hongkai went to Guangdong to work in the "Thirteen Elements". Guangdong, the cradle of the Heaven and Earth Society, the armed forces of the Heaven and Earth Society, how big and small, dozens of branches, do not belong to each other, but they are all fighting under the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty" and "robbing the rich and helping the poor." Under the pressure of survival, the Qing army's encirclement and blockade, the Heaven and Earth Society armed forces had to unite.
During the period of Guangdong's livelihood, Wang Xiaoshi participated in the Heaven and Earth Society, and with her extraordinary strategy and courage, she quickly pulled up a team of hundreds of people and became the leader. The women who came out of the mountains, Wang Xiao's hands and feet were sharp, knives, spears, guns, and everything was proficient, and the martial arts were very proficient. Wang Xiaoshi taught them martial arts during the day, and held lecture halls at night, calling on them to rise up against the Qing And change their fate.
Wang Xiao's activities soon attracted the attention of the Qing Dynasty. Guangdong Inspector Ye Mingchen sent troops to search, and Wang Xiaoshi could only lead his troops to revolt and fight against the Qing army. In the Battle of Qingyuan, Wang Xiao set up an ambush to lure the Qing army to pursue, killed more than 200 green battalion soldiers and regimental training, and won the victory.
After the uprising, Wang Xiao often sneaked into the Qing army, fighting with small units, day and night, and the Qing Dynasty was very first-class. In order to suppress this rebel army, Ye Mingchen personally led his troops in pursuit. Wang Xiao joined forces with Li Tianyou, Lan Shien and other Heaven and Earth Societies to gather thousands of people to confront the Qing army. At the Battle of Yangshan, Wang Xiaoshi once again set up an ambush, and the Qing army attacked lightly, killing many people, and the garrison, the general and the general were killed one person each.
In the Battle of Yangshan, the Qing army that Wang Xiao defeated was a bit special, it was the Green Battalion soldiers transferred from Yizhang County, that is, the Qing army in her hometown. After this battle, the Qing army increased the intensity of encirclement and suppression, and Wang Xiaoshi avoided the real and led his troops into hunan territory to join forces with the Taiping Army. In 1852, Hong Xiuquan entered Hunan and was active in Chenzhou, and Wang Xiaoshi went to the confluence.
The Taiping Army entered Hunan, Lianke Daozhou, Chenzhou, and Yongming, besieged Changsha, Hunan Tiandihui was active again, and Wang Xiaoshi ushered in opportunities for development. At this time, the Taiping Army was huge, and most of the Armed Forces of Heaven and Earth fought under the banner of the Taiping Army to enhance their influence, and Yan Zhongwu and Wang Xiaoshi were typical representatives.
In September 1852, a large number of Heaven and Earth Would armed forces to join the Taiping Army, and Xiao Chao's noble soldiers were well fed, so they personally led 2,000 soldiers and horses to attack Changsha. At this time, it was the former inspector Luo Bingzhang who sat in Changsha, the new inspector Zhang Liangji had not yet arrived, and there were not many soldiers and horses in the city, and Luo Bingzhang was very anxious. Unfortunately, Xiao Chaogui was too risky, personally commanded the battle on the front line, and was killed by Qing artillery fire.
After the Battle of Changsha, Zhang Liangji was transferred to Hubei, and Luo Bingzhang continued to serve as the governor of Hunan. At this time, Hunan Tiandi would be active, and Luo Bingzhang decided to encircle and suppress them with heavy troops, pointing the spearhead at Wang Xiaoshi. The two sides fought continuously, and Wang Xiaoshi won many victories, but the balance of power was huge, and the rebel army was eventually defeated, and Wang Xiaoshi was captured and executed by Ling Chi.
After capturing Wang Xiao's clan, Luo Bingzhang bluntly said: "Although Wang Xiao's clan is a woman, it is only a yuan evil giant", ordering him to be executed, and "stabbing the corpse" and chopping it into meat sauce. In June 1863, the wing king Shi Dakai fell into the Jedi on the banks of the Dadu River and took the initiative to "please surrender", which was also executed by Luo Bingzhang Lingchi.
Bibliography: History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yizhang County Chronicle