During the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court hated the Taiping Army, and naturally would not easily let go of those generals. But even so, there was still a former Taiping Army general who survived, and this person was Yuan Hongmo. He had made many military achievements on the battlefield, and after the fall of Tianjing, he returned to his hometown of Guiyin Mountain Forest, and even if he often went out, no one in the Qing Dynasty army arrested him.
Why? It should be known that at that time, Yuan Hongmo, as the antithesis of the Qing Dynasty, also made a great blow to the Qing Dynasty, but why did the Qing Dynasty forgive him and not restrict his activities? At that time, the people who fought with him were all dead and wounded, why only he survived, and then we will understand:
Battlefield Tough guys
Yuan Hongmo was born in 1982 in Feixi, Anhui Province, where his family life was very difficult, and at that time, it can be said that there was no upper and lower life, and the living conditions were very difficult, but even so, Yuan Hongmo still insisted on studying and taking the imperial examination. In addition, he was particularly fond of martial arts, and in those days, learning martial arts could not only strengthen his body, but also protect himself. And this person dares to think and dare to do, and does everything,
At that time, it was the Daoguang years, because the imperial court was entrusted with heavy military service, and the famine for many years made the people miserable, Yuan Hongmo could not bear to see this scene, in order to let the people eat enough, he consulted with his brother-in-law Zhou Shengchuan and remarried his wife to a rich and noble family in exchange for a dowry.
In exchange, he divided all the money equally among the villagers to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people at that time. Later, when he raised money and redeemed his wife, he could also see that he had deep feelings for his wife and did not forget his wife. It was such a difficult day, not only did not overthrow him, but made Yuan Hongmo more indomitable, often fighting for the local people.
I remember once, the landlord came to the door to ask for money, Yuan Hongmo in order to stand up for the neighbors, in the process of driving them away accidentally killed the landlord, since then he was wanted by the government, had to die in the end of the world. Before leaving home, he also told his brother-in-law Zhou Shengchuan to take good care of his family, after which he joined the Taiping Army and was assigned to Li Xiucheng's command, because he was strong in martial arts, not greedy and afraid of death, so he was very concerned by others in every battle.
In this way, he won a victory in a military crusade and stayed in Hangzhou to assist Chen Bingwen in the daily battle at that time. At this time, Zhou Shengchuan was practicing in the armed regiment in his hometown to assist the Qing Dynasty army in annihilating the Taiping Army. At that time, Zhou Shengchuan was under Li Hongzhang's subordinates, and Zhou Shengchuan, like other heroic generals at that time, became the Huai Army. Yuan Hongmo and Zhou Shengchuan also became nominal enemies, and soon the two met on the battlefield.
Meet on the battleground
In the mid-19th century, Li Hongzhang used British cruise ships to lead Zhou Shengchuan and 8,000 soldiers and horses to the south, and the Taiping Army was defeated one after another. When the Qing army attacked Jiangsu, Jiangsu could not hold on, and Li Xiucheng dispatched the army from Hangzhou to support, and in this battle with the Huai army, Yuan Hongmo was among them. When Zhou Shengchuan learned of this news, he immediately sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Hongmo, hoping that he could surrender and go home with him to enjoy the glory and wealth.
However, with Yuan Hongmo's temperament, it was impossible to accept defeat, and even if he died on the battlefield, he was willing to do so, so he immediately sent a reply to Zhou Sheng: "Each is its master, and the soldiers meet each other." I don't know whether Zhou Shengchuan didn't want Yuan Hongmo to be injured, or whether his army could not defeat Yuan Hongmo, and he failed in several subsequent battles with Yuan Hongmo. Yuan Hongmo returned to Hangzhou after the battle, and after his return, he also received many letters from Zhou Sheng urging him to surrender, but he was very loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and never surrendered.
Survived
Although Yuan Hongmo had won zhou shengchuan in the previous battles, the Taiping army at this time was actually facing a situation of disintegration. Just behind their army, there were very serious problems, the captain was improperly commanded, and the officers and men were bribed, resulting in a very poor discipline in the army at that time and a serious shortage of logistical supplies. When the Huai army attacked Tianjing, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was completely defeated, the army was finished, and Yuan Hongmo was left alone, and he could only choose to return to his hometown.
Returning to his hometown, he decided to become a monk and live in seclusion at Xilu Temple, because not only was there no one to disturb him, but it was also convenient for him to take care of his elderly mother. But even so, Yuan Hongmo did not stop "tossing", during his time at Xilu Temple, he helped the monks build temples and used the money obtained from incense to help the victims.
In addition, he also walked around, but no Qing army came to arrest him, and many of the generals of the Taiping Army at that time had already been executed on the spot, and only Yuan Hongmo survived. Why?
This is actually because of Zhou Shengchuan, Zhou Shengchuan, as the governor at that time, led the army can be said to be the main force of the Qing army, the Qing Dynasty had to give Zhou Shengchuan face, and he as Zhou Shengchuan's family, naturally no one dared to move. Many people will think that after the victory of the imperial court at that time, it did not need the army anymore. So why is it so popular?
Although the Taiping Army and other rebel forces were suppressed one after another, the Qing Dynasty retained Zhou Shengchuan's team, because this team was powerful and could be used to protect the imperial court. The imperial court is also naturally very important, and Yuan Hongmo has always been doing things for the people, which is also beneficial to the imperial court, and some local officials of the Qing Dynasty have seen him constantly treating the people and maintaining social order, and it is not difficult for him.
epilogue
Therefore, Yuan Hongmo can also be regarded as the luckiest person after the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but his luck is not only because of his brother-in-law, but also because of his own ability, why do you say so? Because if Yuan Hongmo had no ability, he would not have joined the Taiping Army with his martial arts, and he might have starved to death in that era, if he had not done good deeds for the people, repaired temples, and helped the disaster victims, the people and local officials would not have supported him, and his brother-in-law Zhou Shengchuan would not have supported him, even if he said more good things in front of the emperor, it would not help.
In that era of wars and chaos, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was essentially a peasant war, and they did not have a scientific method to sum up the experience of the war, nor could they maintain the peasants' enthusiasm for fighting for a long time, so there would be a rupture within the army later. Even if Yuan Hongmo is determined and insists, he can't guarantee that his other teammates will always stick to it. The defeat of this war also shows that it is difficult to win the battle without a professional army, and not everyone in society can survive the war like Yuan Hongmo!
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