History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
During the feudal period, women's status was generally lower than that of men, and their most important job was to marry and teach their children at home. The housewife of a rich family manages the chores of the servants in the family, and the women of the poor family may also go to the field to do farm work or spin thread and weave cloth to supplement the family. As for such a major matter as defending the family and defending the country on the battlefield, it is all the responsibility of men.
However, there have also been many women in Chinese history who have gone to war for various reasons, such as Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan. Although they are all women, their performance on the battlefield is not inferior to that of men, even better than many male generals!
Of course, in addition to those well-known heroes, there are many heroines whose names are not known to the public, one of them is Empress Mao, the wife of the former Qin Emperor Gongdeng, named Qiuqing (the name of qiuqing in the wild calendar).
She is handsome, her skin is white, her body is slender and strong, and she is strong in martial arts. Mao Was the daughter of a shogun, and her father was Mao Xing, a general who guarded Shangyi in former Qin, who had learned martial arts since childhood and was not inferior to Xiongjian in his riding and shooting skills. Although she was a noble empress, on the battlefield, she was an invincible female general.
To talk about Empress Mao, we must first start with Jian Jian.
The name Jian jian is familiar to everyone, and one of the protagonists of the "Battle of Shuishui" is him. At first, Jian Jian unified the north, and then he turned his eyes to the south, ready to lead a large army south to attack Jin. Ambitious, he thought that this time there was no doubt about victory, but he did not expect that he lost to Jin, who was not as numerous as his own, and after that, yuan qi was seriously injured, that is, this battle, making the Battle of Shuishui one of the famous "less win more" wars.
After this battle, The power of Zhijian was greatly weakened, and many ethnic groups under his rule rebelled, making it difficult for Zhijian to cope. In the end, the Qiang people Yao Cang caught him and cut the grass and roots, establishing Later Qin himself. After Jian Jian's death, his people made his grandson Gong Deng emperor, and His wife naturally became empress. Gong Deng and Yao Cang had a blood feud, so the two countries also continued to fight wars.
From an early age, He was brave and arrogant, rough and vicious and did not pay attention to details. Initially a long history, he later served as a general of the temple, Yulin Supervisor, General Yangwu, Chang'an Ling, di Daochang, and so on. In the eleventh year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (386), Because Ofech Weiping of Hezhou was old, he elected Zhideng as an envoy, the governor of Longyou, the general of Fujun, and the pastor of Yong and He'er prefectures, and the Duke of Luoyang.
Empress Mao, on the other hand, had been following her husband on the battlefield against Yao Cang, and had not lived in the harem like an ordinary empress.
He trusted his wife Empress Mao and asked her to lead an army of 10,000 men to guard the Camp of The Great Boundary, where grain and grass were concentrated. If the two armies are evenly matched, whoever has more grain and grass can hold out for a longer time, and the possibility of victory is greater. Therefore, Empress Mao was responsible for stationing here, which on the one hand showed the emperor's trust in him, and on the other hand, it showed that Empress Mao was very powerful.
Yao Cang was eager to overthrow Gong Deng, but he never succeeded, so he sent his son Yao Chong to lead troops to raid the Great Boundary Camp, hoping to cut off The supply of grain and grass for Gong Deng. However, his thoughts were discovered by Zhi Deng, and he made preparations in advance. He informed his wife to be careful to meet the enemy, and he also brought troops to deal with Yao Jun. In the end, Yao Chong was defeated by the couple, and the total number of his soldiers was beheaded and captured as many as 20,000.
Originally, Jian Jian had the winning side, but the victory overwhelmed his mind, making him not at all wary of the second sneak attack, but led a large army to chase the enemy all the way, and finally, Empress Liumao herself guarded the camp.
It was night, yao cang sent another 30,000 people to sneak up on the Great Boundary Camp, and this time, only 10,000 people led by the empress were guarding the position. The enemy army had enough energy to come, and the threat was menacing, and the number of Empress Mao's side was too small, and because they lowered their vigilance at night, they failed to block the attack of Yao Bing, and in the end, they attacked the camp.
Although the odds were extremely low, Empress Mao still did not flinch, and she led her remaining soldiers, guards and some female guards to fight bravely, killing the enemy in blood and defending the Great Boundary Camp to the death. Although Empress Mao's side had tried her best, yao's army was too numerous, and in the end, all the people around Empress Mao were killed, leaving her alone to fight bitterly.
In the end, the arrow in Empress Mao's hand was finished, her strength was exhausted, and she was captured alive by the enemy soldiers. The soldiers were very proud to see that a country had been captured by themselves, and they taunted and humiliated her vigorously, and tied her up with a rope and escorted her to Yao Cang.
Although Empress Mao, who had been fighting for a long time, was dirty and her hair was messy, these could not hide her beauty at all, such a beautiful woman also had the talent to lead the army to fight, Yao Cang was instantly attracted!
He said: He wants to make Empress Mao a concubine, and if she wants to, she can give her the position of empress. But how could the stalwart Empress Mao be attracted to the glory and wealth he had promised? Not only did she not agree, but she also scolded: "Yao Cang has no way, the former harm to Tianzi (referring to Zhi Jian), the present insult to the empress (that is, herself), the emperor tianhou earth, rather than learn from the photo!" ”
Since then, Empress Mao's "ignorance of lifting" made Yao Cang very angry, and her face was of course more important than that of a woman, so he loudly summoned his men to come in and drag Empress Mao out, and let her be naked before beheading.
Empress Mao preferred to die than commit herself to the enemy, and died at the age of twenty-one.
Nudity is the most humiliating punishment for women, especially in the feudal period, when a woman's naked body is exposed to others, which is very cruel to women! Empress Mao's status was precious, and the pain in her heart was certainly more intense under this punishment, and it was really admirable that she defended her dignity and insisted on loyalty to the country and her husband.
After Empress Mao was captured, the morale of the Yao army was greatly demoralized, and the troops retreated, and then fought with the Yao army several times. In 394, after Yao Cang's illness and death, Gong Deng sent troops to attack Later Qin and was killed by Yao Chang's eldest son Yao Xing, whose son Gong Chong was killed by Western Qin in the same year, and Former Qin died (394 AD).