In many film and television dramas, the female generals on the battlefield are heroic and cool, not inferior to men, and many female lives in ancient times are recorded in the (biography of the women), but there is a female general in our country who is independently recorded in the history, and at the age of 75, she also recovered a large amount of territory, which is still commemorated today.
The female general's name was Qin Liangyu, and the Biography of Qin Liangyu in the Ming Shi Qin Liangyu records: "Qin Liangyu, a native of Chungju, married Shi Lingxuan to make Ma Qiancheng. Ma Qiancheng was a descendant of Ma Yuan, the general of Han Fubo, who commanded the army known as the "White Pole Soldier", and the couple marched to govern the army, which was famous far and wide.
In 1599, Yang Yinglong, who was from the yang local government, rebelled in Bozhou, Ma Qiancheng led 3,000 people to follow the soldier Shangshu Li Hualong to go on a crusade, and Qin Liangyu led five hundred elite soldiers to escort grain, the division of labor was clear, and finally pacified Yang Yinglong, Qin Liangyu was indispensable, but did not ask for credit.
In the forty-first year of the Wanli Calendar (1613), Ma Qiancheng was framed by the official eunuch, died of illness in prison, his son Ma Xianglin was young and could not replace his father's accusations, Qin Liangyu then took the place of husband, 7 years later, After Jin attacked Liaodong, the imperial court ordered Qin Liangyu to send troops and give Qin Liangyu sanpin official clothing.
Qin Liangyu and his elder brother Qin Bangping and younger brother Qin Minping went to the battlefield, the battlefield was cruel, but Qin Liangyu was never timid, which made the enemy feel frightened, Qin Bangping also died on the battlefield, and later Emperor Mingxi Zhu issued an edict to Qin Liangyu and Erpin officials, and named him Lady of the Commandment, and his son Ma Xianglin as the commander.
In 1621, Yongning Xuanfu made Su Chongming rebel in Chongqing, intending to ally with Qin Liangyu, Qin Liangyu beheaded the emissary, and then frustrated the prestige of Su Chongming, the following year, Su Chongming besieged Chengdu, bribed toasts everywhere, no officials suppressed Su Chongming, Qin Liangyu once again led an army to go to conquest, beat the drums to the west, defeated Su Chongming, and put an end to the rebellion in Sichuan.
A woman in the battlefield is so majestic, it is a respected thing, but many officials are jealous of Qin Liangyu, so that Qin Liangyu had to write to the emperor: "Those generals who alienated our monarchs, they did not see the face of the thieves, but they were there all day waving their arms and boasting, and when they confronted the thieves, they heard the wind and fled... A six-foot-tall man is jealous of a woman, and he should be ashamed to death if he thinks about it at night. ”
The emperor also saw that the face was red, and the emperor had to treat the hero Qin Liangyu with courtesy, and in 1627 the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, at this time the Ming Dynasty was attacked by the army led by the Emperor Taiji, and there was chaos everywhere, Qin Liangyu had been doing his duty on the battlefield, repeatedly winning battle merits, entering the official and knighthood, and the Chongzhen Emperor also gave four poems to commend Qin Liangyu's merits.
In 1646, the Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian added the title of Qin Liangyu Taibao and Crown Prince Taibao, Feng Zhongzhen Marquis, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youluo and Qin Liangyu Crown Prince Taifu, pinning his hopes on Qin Liangyu, in 1648, qin Liangyu died at the age of 75, and her life was almost spent on the battlefield.