In China's ancient feudal society, it has always been the idea of male superiority and female inferiority, men can be promoted to career, can lead soldiers to fight, and add officials to knighthood, while women have always been in a weak position. In ancient times, most women could only teach their husbands and children at home, abide by the principle of not leaving the door and not going out of the door, and strive to follow the three from the four virtues, even if they had the talent of not losing to men, they had no opportunity to show it. Even the great sage Kong, whom we respect, cannot help but say, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." In fact, there are also many women in history who "do not let their eyebrows be shaved", and there are also heroic images of Mulan serving in the army for her father in literary works. There is such a woman, she was originally a generation of empresses, but she was sentenced to naked torture, and a curse before her death was admired by the world.
Most of the heroines we are familiar with are female Haojie, who can lead troops and command such as Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying, and Wu Zetian, a female emperor who has greatly improved the status of women in history. In addition to a few famous women who have been talked about by posterity, there are actually many women who are not inferior, but they are little known, such as Empress Mao of Former Qin. Empress Mao's real name is Qiu Qing, is a shogun woman, her father is a general, Qiu Qing has been studying with her father since childhood, and her ability to ride and shoot is not inferior to that of men.
In the history of Former Qin, the name of Jian Jian is the most well-known. He was a talented king who initially unified the north, and Jian Jian was ambitious and wanted to conquer the south in one fell swoop. However, in the Battle of Shuishui, the Southern Jin State won more with less, breaking Jian Jian's dream of dominating the north and south. After this battle, Gong Jian was seriously injured, and many of the peoples under his rule fell apart, taking advantage of this rebellion and disengagement, Gong Jian was troubled, and later Zhi Jian was captured and killed by yao Cang of the Qiang people.
The dragons were leaderless, and Gong Jian's relatives could only establish Gong Deng as king, and Qiu Qing, the wife of Gong Deng, became the empress. Since childhood, He Deng has been a fierce and decisive character, but he is not heavy on details, he and Yao Chang are inseparable, and the two countries often clash. Gong Deng often led troops to fight, and his wife Empress Mao did not stay in the palace like an ordinary woman, she was a martial artist, and she knew the art of war, and she followed Her to the battlefield.
Convinced of his wife's ability to lead troops to fight, she led 10,000 elite soldiers to guard the grain and grass camp. Military food is very crucial for combat, it is a continuous supply of reserves for combat, and when the two sides are deadlocked, whoever has more military food is more likely to win. Such an important position was given to Empress Mao, which showed the affirmation of her ability. Yao Cang was very eager to defeat Yao Chong, and he ordered his son Yao Chong to sneak up on Yao Deng's grain and grass camp, but Yao Deng had already made preparations, and he and Empress Mao joined forces with Li Yingwai to attack Yao Chong, and finally Yao Chong's army was defeated, and Yao Chong's army lost 20,000 soldiers.
He was victorious in this battle, but he was blinded by the victory and did not sink his heart to prevent more dangers. He pursued the enemy with his army, leaving only Empress Mao alone to hold the position. Yao Cang was not reconciled, and he once again sent 30,000 soldiers to attack The camp of Zhi Deng at night, they had been planning for a long time and had sufficient troops. However, only Empress Mao remained in the camp with a small number of men and horses, and the night guard was reduced, so it was impossible to resist the surprise attack of the enemy army. Despite this, Empress Mao still took her own men and horses to resist to the death and fought bravely to kill the enemy, but the enemy army was too numerous, and they were eventually defeated. In the end, everyone else was killed, and only Empress Mao struggled to support her.
Eventually, the bullets ran out of food, and Empress Mao was captured by Yao Jun. The soldiers of the Yao Army were overjoyed, and tied her up and sent her to Yao Cang. Yao Cang saw that although Empress Mao was covered in dirt, it was still difficult to hide her beauty, and there was more courage and wisdom than men, and he was immediately attracted to Empress Mao and told Empress Mao that he wanted her to be his concubine. If she so wished, the queen's seat could also be given to her. Empress Mao was full of dignity, how could she be seduced by what Yao Cang said. She angrily turned back to Yao Cang, saying, "Yao Cang has no way, he harmed the Heavenly Son before, he insulted the Empress now, and the Emperor Tianhou Tu, rather than take care of it!" ”
Yao Cang was scolded bitterly and was furious, believing that Empress Mao did not know good villains, and he ordered his subordinates to drag Empress Mao out and behead her naked. In ancient feudal society, women would be insulted even if they showed their feet, not to mention such a highly insulting naked punishment. Being naked in front of everyone is a great humiliation for any woman, let alone a noble empress. However, Empress Mao preferred to die unyieldingly, and even if she suffered great humiliation, she would never bow to the enemy and swore to defend her country and chastity to the death. "I'd rather die with incense on the branches, and He once blew it down in the north wind" is like this.
After Empress Mao was killed by the enemy army, Gong Deng was deeply saddened and immersed in the grief of losing his beloved wife. The morale of the Army was demoralized, and it withdrew, and then engaged the Yao Army several times intermittently. After that, Yao Cang fell ill, and The siege of the city by Yao Cang's eldest son came to an end, and the history of Former Qin came to an end.
Resources:
Empress Mao of the Former Qin Emperor Gaodi
Book of Jin
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