Wang Wu, formerly known as Wang Zhengyi, Zi Bin, Daoguang Yearsman, ranked fifth in the division, also known as "Wang Wu", because he made a good sword technique, the weapon was a big knife, and he was helpful in ordinary days, Yi Pu Yuntian, so he was given a nickname on the rivers and lakes, known as "Big Knife King Five".
In 1844, Wang Wu was born in a poor family, and when he was three years old, his father had died, without his father's protection, he prematurely experienced the hardships of the world, and also laid a solid foundation for him to practice a good skill. After practicing for a period of time, Wang Wu wanted to study under the famous teacher, but was refused, but Wang Wu impressed the famous teacher with his perseverance and finally studied under him. After completing his studies, Wang Wu first worked as a dart master in a dart bureau in Beijing, and then used his savings and the support of his friends to open a dart bureau called "Yuanshun", because of his rich experience, reasonable standardization, thoughtful service, and honest management, so the business was very prosperous.
After the Sino-Japanese War, Yushi An Weijun put forward a request from the imperial court that could not be reconciled and severely punish those who had misled the country, but he was reprimanded by the Qing court and no one sent him off, after hearing about this incident, Wang Wu took on the responsibility of escorting An Weijun in anger and gave him a lot of silver. After returning to the capital, Wang Wu felt that the Qing court was cowardly and incompetent, blindly seeking peace, and was extremely disappointed in the Qing court, so he opened a xuetang street in Xiangchang, called "Father Wuyixue" to teach ordinary civilians to learn martial arts, protect themselves, and deal with the enemy. It is precisely this patriotic spirit of responsibility and the noble feelings of chivalry and righteousness that have formed a deep friendship with Tan Sitong, who also has the same sentiments.
Tan Sitong, Son Fusheng, Zhuangfei, and a reformist. He is a famous politician and thinker in modern China, and one of the six gentlemen of Wushu. In 1898, he participated in and led the Penghu Reform Campaign, but the activity failed, and he was heroic and righteous because he did not want to flee.
Liang Qichao's "Collected Works of Drinking Ice Rooms" once had such a sentence: "Liuyang teenager, taste the swordplay from it, with moral expectations" It can be seen here that Tan Sitong once asked Wang Wu for swordplay, and although the two did not have the name of master and apprentice, they had the reality of master and apprentice. In the process of consulting, Tan Sitong felt that Wang Wu had a sense of justice, and coupled with the above-mentioned behavior of Wang Wu in the incident of An Weijun being belittled by the Qing court, Tan Sitong had a sense of respect for him. Similarly, Wang Wu was also very supportive of Kang Youwei's behavior and thoughts, so the two formed a very deep friendship. Naturally, during the period of Wang Wu's change of law, he contracted Tan Sitong's food, clothing, housing, and safety work.
After the failure of the restoration and reform of the law, Wang Wu repeatedly persuaded Tan Sitong to leave China and take shelter from the limelight, but Tan Sitong rejected his suggestion and said to Wang Wu passionately: "Looking at the changes in the laws of ancient and modern countries, all of them are made from bloodshed, and today China has not heard of those who bleed because of changes in the law.
Tan Sitong was arrested and imprisoned, and Wang Wu tried his best to actively rescue him, and even made plans and meticulous preparations to lead a group of jianghu friends with high martial skills to rob the law field, but the enemy was too cunning to successfully rescue Tan Si.
In the face of Wang Wu's eagerness to rescue himself, how could Tan Sitong not know, but Tan Sitong had already given everything to the country, and could only live up to Wang Wu's wishes. Before being killed, Tan Sitong wrote a famous poem on the wall of his cell: "Looking at the door to stop thinking about Zhang Jian, enduring death and waiting for Dugen, I smiled at the sky with a horizontal knife, and went to leave the liver and gallbladder for two kunluns." "One of the two friends who went to keep the liver and gallbladder in the two Kunlun was Kang Youwei and the other was Wang Wu, and after Tan Sitong was executed by the Qing court, Wang Wu risked his life to collect Tan Sitong's body and set up a spiritual hall for him at home, which shows the deep feelings of the two people.
After Tan Sitong's death, on the one hand, Wang Wu inherited his legacy and actively prepared for the second change of law, on the other hand, he organized people with high martial skills and people with lofty ideals to assassinate Qing court officials, but it ended in failure. After the rise of the Boxer Rebellion, Wang Wu chose to join the Boxer Rebellion against imperialism and patriotism.
On June 17, 1900, the Eight-Power Coalition army captured Dagu Fort, on July 14, it captured Tianjin, on August 2, it gathered 20,000 troops from Tianjin along the banks of the canal, besieged by the Boxers in Langfang, defeated by the Boxers, increased its strength to fight with it, and finally occupied Langfang, launched a general attack on Beijing in the early morning of August 14, and basically occupied the whole city of Beijing on the evening of the 16th. After hearing of this incident, Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor, and the pro-noble ministers hurriedly fled to Xi'an.
In the face of the menacing aggressors, Wang Wuhe and the members of the Boxer Rebellion defended their homeland, did not fear the enemy's iron guns and cannons, had the courage to sacrifice, actively participated in the war, vowed to defeat the aggressors with firm conviction, and dealt a heavy blow to the aggressors of the Eight-Power Alliance. However, the Qing court was afraid that the Boxer Rebellion would threaten the Qing court's rule, so Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the Qing army to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. Faced with the suppression of Qing court officers and soldiers and the attacks of foreign forces, the Boxers were full of difficulties and dangers, and Wang Wu also became a target of the Qing court and foreign forces.
There are several theories circulating about the ending of Wang Wu.
The first outcome was that after the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, it surrounded the courtyard of a family surnamed Shi, and Wang Wu happened to pass by, and in order to save people, he fought with the Eight-Nation Coalition Army that surrounded the house of the Shi family, killing many soldiers, but because of too many bullets and serious injuries, after being captured alive, the Eight-Nation Coalition army shot him to death.
The second outcome was that the German army heard that Wang Wu had killed many of their own people, so they led their troops to the Yuanshun Dart Bureau, and met and fought with the brothers of the Yuanshun Dart Bureau near the front door, and Wang Wu was also among them, and in the melee, he was shot and killed.
The third type of situation is that after Beijing fell into the hands of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the German army demanded that the Qing court hand over Wang Wu, so the officers and soldiers broke into Wang Wu's home, Wang Wu, in order to avoid hurting innocent people, did not resist, was taken away by the officers and soldiers and handed over to the German army headquarters, after Wang Wu's heroic sacrifice, they cruelly cut off Wang Wu's head and hung it on the high city gate tower to show the public, in order to deter the people in the city, do not oppose the coalition forces, otherwise the end will be miserable. Huo Yuanjia, a famous boxer in Tianjin, immediately came from Tianjin alone after learning about this incident, and regardless of safety, he took off Wang Wu's head overnight and sent it back to Wang Wu's home, so that Wang Wu could be buried in his entire body, and this ending was also the most widely circulated ending.
Of course, there is also a saying that after the destruction of Beijing, Wang Wu was lucky to survive and escape from China, and disappeared, but this statement is not too much historical evidence, which may be a happy ending imagined by people who respect Wang Wu and cannot bear to see the hero fall. No matter what the final outcome of Wang Wu is, it is undeniable that the Great Sword King V is a true hero and a true hero!