Jiang Zhongyi (1835— 1864) was a general of the Xiang army in the late Qing dynasty, the cousin of Jiang Zhongyuan, a famous soldier in the late Qing dynasty, and a native of Xinning (now Shaoyang), Hunan. Jiang Zhongyuan (1812-1854) was a famous soldier of the Xiang Army in the late Qing Dynasty.
Jiang Zhongyuan was born as a juren, with both civil and military skills. 1852, led the army to fight the Taiping Army for two days and nights in Quanzhou, Guangxi. Feng Yunshan, the southern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was shot and Jiang Zhongyuan became famous in World War I.
1854 1 month, Taiping Army attacked Luzhou, and Anhui Governor Jiang Zhongyuan screamed to death. He was seriously injured in seven places and exhausted at the age of 42. Jiang Zhongyi, like his cousin Jiang Zhongyuan, is also a member of the Xiang army.
Jiang Zhongyi joined the army from his brother at the age of 1852 18. 1854, Jiang Zhongyuan died in Luzhou, and Jiang Zhongyi succeeded him. Since then, on the battlefield of the Taiping Army, he has been promoted to magistrate, county magistrate, Taoist priest, governor of Guizhou, prefect of Guizhou, and later granted prefect of Guangxi. 1864 died of illness, thirty years old!
The evaluation of Jiang Zhongyi in the Draft of Qing History is: "Jiang Zhongyuan brothers are neck and neck, and their loyalty and righteousness are the most prominent. They will use it to a great extent instead of using it early, so they will cherish it when talking about it. " Jiang Zhongyuan and Jiang Zhongyi are clever and brave, but they are unlucky. One died in battle and one died of illness. Xi Baotian is lucky all his life!
Xi Baotian (1829— 1889), a native of Dong 'an, Hunan, was a general of Xiang Army in the late Qing Dynasty. Xi Baotian is particularly lucky, and there are the following examples.
First, the times make heroes, and Xi Baotian just caught up with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, which changed his life.
Xi Baotian, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, originally planned to open a private school in his hometown, accept a few students, support his family and spend his life in obscurity. Just then, Hong Xiuquan launched the Taiping Rebellion in Jintian, Guangxi. The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and green camp fought for a long time, and their fighting capacity was extremely low, and they could collapse at the touch of a button.
In desperation, the Qing court ordered the provinces to raise funds by themselves and hold Yong ying. Zeng Guofan took this opportunity to form a "Xiang Army" in Hengyang, and Xi Baotian took this opportunity to contain Ying Yong in his hometown.
People often say that "no talent is a scholar" and "the scholar rebelled for three years". Mainly for scholars who are helpless in troubled times. Xi Baotian met a noble man and slapped him hard in the face.
1856, Liu Changyou (18 18- 1887), an important official in the late Qing Dynasty and a famous soldier of the Xiang army, recruited Xi Baotian to join the army, and fought with the army in Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hunan and other places for many years, suppressing the Taiping Army, from a scholar who knew nothing about military affairs to a strategist.
Second, the governor appreciated and formed the "Jingyi Camp", and the aides became generals.
1860, good luck comes to Xi Baotian again. Hunan Governor Luo ordered Baotian to return to his hometown, gathered thousands of brave rural people and formed a "Jingyi Camp" to fight the Taiping Army. Thus, the gorgeous turn from the military aide of the Counsellor to the general with military power was completed.
Xi Baotian applied the training methods he learned from Liu Changyou, a famous Xiang soldier, to the training of Jingyi Camp, forging the army into a well-trained, brave and fighting force with amazing fighting capacity, and becoming one of the three main forces of Xiang Army.
1863, General Huang of Taiping Army led an army to storm Jiangxi, and the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi led Yasuda to help, winning Lien Chan.
Third, it is a godsend to capture the young Taiping King and a group of leaders alive.
1864, Jiang Zhongyi died of illness, and Xi Baotian led the army to Jiangxi New Town. In June of this year, Tianjing was captured by Zeng Guofan, and the subordinate Xiang army looted the national treasury of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and earned a lot of money. General Ceng Guoquan, Bypass, Cheng Xueqi and others transported huge wealth from their hometown to wealthy villages.
Xi Baotian was annoyed that he was far away in Nanjing, and countless treasures were not allocated to him. Who knows that great luck met him again!
1864 10 After the fall of Tianjing in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tianguifu Hong, a 16-year-old teenage king, and Hong Rengan, a dry king, under the desperate protection of some Taiping rebels, broke through to Guangde, Anhui Province, and then entered Yangjiapai, a new city in Jiangxi Province from southern Anhui Province, and plunged into the ambush circle of Jingyi Camp in Baotian, xi.
The pie falling from the sky hit Xi Baotian right on the head! Xi Baotian was ecstatic and ordered the whole army to fight to the death to prevent a gangster from escaping the net.
At this time, the Taiping Army was already exhausted, trembling and demoralized. At the slightest contact, the whole army dispersed. Xi Baotian captured dozens of Taiping generals such as Hong Rengan, the dry king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wang Hongrenzheng, T-shirt and Wen-Ying Huang of Wang Zhao, and seized countless gold, silver and jewels. Then, after a crazy chase, Yung Yung Shan captured the young king Tianguifu Hong.
Xi Baotian was promoted from Taoist priest to Guizhou provincial judge because of this meritorious service, enjoying the treatment of yellow jacket and Yun Feng riding a captain. If coach Jiang Zhongyi had not died of illness, how would Assistant General Xi Baotian share this honor and wealth?
Fourth, people say that happiness never comes in pairs, and happiness never comes alone. However, when Xi Baotian suppressed the Miao uprising in Guizhou, he was lucky enough to capture the uprising leader Zhang Xiumei alive again and achieved great results.
1868, a large-scale Taiping rebellion was suppressed. There is no doubt that Xi Baotian's troops are strong in fighting capacity, but so is his poor discipline.
Every time the troops captured a place, Xi Baotian indulged his men in burning, killing and looting, and accumulated huge war wealth for him. Now that the Taiping Army has been wiped out, Xi Baotian is worried that when the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, good luck will come to him again!
Guizhou Miao uprising broke out! 1868, the Qing government ordered him to recruit 10,000 Xiang troops in Guizhou to specialize in military affairs! 1870, Xi Baotian led the Qing army to capture the rebel base Taigong, and in the following year, he captured the uprising center Kaili, gaining countless wealth. 1872, Xi Baotian led three armies to attack the Miao rebels in Wuwapo, and captured and killed the rebel leader Zhang Xiumei alive. Xi Baotian went to Guizhou as a military special envoy, doctor Guanglu, hereditary riding a captain, and posthumously awarded Prince Shaobao.
Fifth, twenty years of battlefield, safe and sound; The military discipline was corrupted, burning and looting, and it was safe and sound for more than a year.
After Xi Baotian suppressed the Miao uprising in Guizhou, the "Jingyi Camp" had a bad reputation because it burned and looted in the counter-insurgency war. The court supervised the proposal and jointly wrote a letter to impeach Xi Baotian, and the folk gentry also attacked it.
Knowing that it was time to retire, Xi Baotian immediately admitted that he was ill, resigned and returned to his hometown in Dong 'an. After Xi Baotian returned to his hometown, he became the richest man in Yongzhou, with numerous possessions. Back to my hometown in Baotian, Xi, I bought a lot of land, built a lot of buildings and built a large manor. The scale was unprecedented in Dong 'an, and it took ten years to complete.
According to records, the former site of the manor covers an area of more than 9500 square meters. The original quadrangle 16 rooms, more than 60 large and small rooms, with a construction area of 2,448 square meters. The design of the whole building is very delicate and ingenious. Wood carvings don't have the same pattern. No matter how hard it rains, there will be no water on the ground as soon as it stops raining.
From 1852 to 1872, a regiment was formed to fight against the Taiping Army and resigned to return to the army. In the past 20 years, it has experienced many battles, but it has always been flat. Whenever a place is conquered, soldiers plunder and rob. "Shiploads of villagers were shipped out, and shiploads of gold and silver were shipped back." After the war, Xi Baotian returned to his hometown safely, and the leaves fell back to his roots.
Xi Baotian's life, from a scholar to a fully armed general, made great strides and had a perfect ending. This is really an amazing legend!
1June, 889, Xi Baotian died in his hometown, completing his magnificent legendary life. After Xi Baotian's death, his huge wealth became a mystery and has not been found so far.