Hu Yihuang

Hu Yihuang

Hu Yihuang (about 1816-1856) was a famous general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Pingnan, Guangxi. In his early years, he conspired with Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan in uprising. In December 1851 (the first year of Xianfeng), he served as Prime Minister of chunguan in Yong'an (now Mengshan). In May 1853, he was ordered to march to the West in Tianjing (now Nanjing). In November, he conquered Tongcheng and Shucheng. In January of the next year, he besieged and annihilated Jiang Zhongyuan, the governor of Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty, conquered Luzhou (now Hefei), and was granted the Marquis of the state for his meritorious service, and later the king of Henan. In 1855, with Shi Dakai, Qin Rigang defeated Zeng Guofan of Xiang army, and then followed Shi Dakai to attack Jiangxi. The next year, he died in Linjiang (now Qingjiang). (one says that he died in the Yang Wei incident)

Life

Hu Yihuang (1816-1856) was born in Pingnan, Guangxi. At the beginning of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was a famous military commander. Landlords. Wu Xiucai is the only official in the kingdom of heaven. In his early years, he participated in God worship. During the Jintian regiment camp, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan secretly hid in huazhoushanren village, Pingnan County. They set up an uprising at their home. They were trapped by the Qing soldiers who were deployed in the nearby siwangwei. He helped lead the congregation to resist and sent people to Jintian village, Guiping county to report an emergency. Xuande reinforcements defeated the enemy, so they held an uprising in Jintian with Hong Xiuquan. In December 1851, he was the Prime Minister of chunguan in Yong'an. It arrived in Nanjing in March, 1853. In May, he was ordered to lead a western expedition to conquer Anhui and Hezhou. In June, he passed Wuhu and occupied Anqing. In October, it took Jixian pass, followed by Tongcheng and Shucheng. In January of the next year, Luzhou was captured. Because of his merit, he was granted the Marquis of state protection and sought to change the Marquis of heaven protection. In June, Jin became the king of Henan. Soon after, yilu'an was defeated and defeated in many battles. He removed the king's name and went to Jiangxi with Shida. In January and February 1855, Hunan navy was defeated in Hukou and Jiujiang. Looking for home, guarding Xiliang mountain. Protect Tianyu. In October, he left Hubei with Shi Dakai, and fought in Chongyang and Tongcheng, then moved to Jiangxi, conquering Xinchang and Linjiang. In January of the next year, they occupied Fenyi, Yuanzhou and Pingxiang, and made great contributions. He soon died in Linjiang. His son Hu Wansheng later became the "king of Youyu".

Family background

Hu Yihuang, a native of Luowen village, Pingnan, Guangxi, was born on the seventh day of the first month of the 17th year of Jiaqing (1812). The Hu family was born in Linjiang Prefecture of Jiangxi Province. Most of them were officials and rich people. After they moved to Guangxi, they became a rare rich man in Guangxi mountainous area. When he arrived at Yihuang's father Hu Chen's hand, he even used vicious means of exploitation to "create grain by hand and rent 4800 stones". His mountain fields spanned Pingnan, Tengxian and jinxiuyaoshan. He built several magnificent houses, and now the household of Zhu Lian embroidery has disappeared, but the pillars of painting and carving are still there. Such rich landlords, not to mention in the mountainous areas, even in the plains and towns of Guangxi, were rare at that time. Yihuang was born in this family. Among the important figures in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was the richest one.

There are three brothers, Yihuang. He is the second. The elder brother Yizhao and the younger brother Yimin. Hu Chen died when he was less than 10 years old, and his family property was inherited by his three sons. Brothers grow up, in order to talk ostentatious, than rich, home down. Later, they quarreled with each other and separated their families. At the age of 27, Yihuang left his ancestral home in Luowen village and moved to jiezao cottage in lishanren village, Datong. The cottage in Shanren village has three rooms. The stone foot of the river and the mud brick wall are just the Tianliao of the mountain villa. Compared with his ancestral home of Luowen, it is very different.

Yihuang failed to study. He learned martial arts and became a martial arts scholar. He used to take the provincial martial arts examination and was outstanding in martial arts. When he took the bow and arrow examination in the tail court, he used too much force, resulting in a broken hard bow and a sprained arm.

Hu Chen had a grudge with Zhuo family of Badong Gongfu society. If Lao Tzu makes a quarrel, his son will suffer. After Yihuang failed in the exam, the Zhuo family ridiculed him whenever they had a chance. One day, Yihuang rode through Zhuo's house. The Zhuo family asked him to dismount, but he refused. The Zhuo family pulled him down, pushed him into the cattle pen, tied his neck, shaved half of his hair with a scythe, and then released him with a beating. Zhuo family is a local tyrant in Badong area and has contacts with the government. This bullying and insulting made Yihuang deeply bury the seeds of revenge in his heart.

Meet Hong Xiuquan

Hong Xiuquan failed in the exam and had no way to become an official. He was bullied by local tyrants and could not retaliate. Yihuang joined the God worship Association in autumn and winter of the 29th year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty. On October 15 of this year, Xiao Chaogui, under the pretext of brother Tian, went down to earth to take Huang Renshi Xiuquan as the son of his life, and with Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing and others, to "serve the country through heaven". Brother Tian told Yihuang, "if you want to know Sanxing (Hong Xiuquan), you will know your father and brother Tian. I want to know Feng Yunshan, Xiuqing and so on. " Yihuang replied, "I know.". On November 16, Xiao Chaogui took him to his house to meet Hong Xiuquan. Xiao Gui asked his heavenly brother to go down to earth and tell Yihuang, "Hu Yihuang, I'm going to go to the court with you. I'm going to give you special armor. I'm very careful to speak to you." Yihuang said, "yes. On the fourth day of the first month in the thirtieth year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, Yihuang came to Ping and said in the mountain that he wanted to sell his land and raise money for the uprising. Xiao Chaogui asked Yihuang to come to the earth and tell him: "Hu Yihuang can know Er Zhen Cao (heart) and Zhong Cao (heart). He can know the father of heaven and the second brother of Er (Hong Xiuquan). But it's not easy to keep it secret. Yihuang said to him, "I know.". On the 5th of February, Yihuang sold the land and got money. Together with Zhang Weikun and Tan Yinggui, he went to pingzaishan and presented it to Hong Xiuquan. Under the pretext of brother Tian, Xiao Chaogui went down to earth and told Yihuang and other three people, "do Hu Yihuang, Zhang Weikun and Tan yingguier have any treasures in Fenger's second brother?"?

The three said to each other, "ran Ye.".

Brother Tian said, "you should be at home.". The three said to each other, "I can afford to wait at home.".

Brother Tian asked Yihuang, "did Hu Yihuang really change his property?"?

Yihuang said to him, "it's true.".

Brother Tian said, "I can see my father, brother Tian and brother er.".

Brother Tian said, "there are people in Honghua mountain who don't obey their orders. They will do it themselves. When you go back, you should ask them to obey your father's orders, my brother Tian's orders and your two brothers' orders.".

The three people said to each other, "zunye.".

Brother Tian said, "brother, don't be arrogant. Don't hurry. We'll have a day. In advance and retreat, every word should be flexible, and it can't be seen through at all.

The three said to each other, "yes.

Jintian Uprising

Before the Jintian uprising, Xiao Chaogui asked Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan to escape under the pretext of brother Tian's imperial edict. On July 24, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan went to live in Shanren village. Shanren village is in the middle of shanrenchong. Shanrenchong has a total length of 20 Li, with overlapping mountains, covered by dense forests, covered with thorns, and few people. There are shuangtiankou in the South and daeying in the north of Chong. They are 10 li away from Shanren village. They are aokou for communication with the outside world. Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan are hidden here, which is the location of a deep and dangerous depression. On the first day of October, there was a big battle in Jintian, and soon the government found out that Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan were in Shanren village. He sent troops to the mountain, but did not dare to rush forward. He planted piles on the mountain road to prevent him from escaping. He tried to trap Hong and Feng to death in the mountain. Yihuang led the chongnei God worship assembly to guard aokou, sent people to climb over the mountain to steal the Qing blockade, and went to Jintian to report an emergency. Yang Xiuqing and his team leader Wu come to help. On November 24, he defeated the Qing army, welcomed Hong Xiuquan back to Jintian and announced an uprising.

In October of the first year of Xinkai reign of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was granted the title of Prime Minister Huang Chun in Yongan Prefecture. When the Qing army came to attack Yong'an Prefecture, they wanted to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from the inside. They invited Yihuang's younger brother Yimin to come to the barracks and asked him to write letters three times and four times to persuade Yihuang to rebel. In his anger, Yihuang presented the letter to the king of heaven, and wrote back to denounce his younger brother. He broke off his relationship with the landlord class and family, smashing the conspiracy of the feudal rulers.

The battle of Luzhou

In February 1853, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Tianjing. In August of that year, after the Western expeditionary army withdrew from Nanchang, it returned to the East and took Anqing to attack Luzhou. Yihuang was appointed commander in chief of attacking Luzhou. He led the army from Anqing to conquer Jixian pass in September. In October, ketongcheng and xuankeshucheng marched into Luzhou.

The Qing government sent Jiang Zhongyuan as governor of Anhui Province in an attempt to resist the Taiping army. Jiang Zhongyuan was a strong general of Hunan army, who once held the suoyidu of Guangxi and Nanchang of Jiangxi to resist the Taiping army. He rushed into Luzhou first, followed by the Taiping army, and besieged Luzhou.

At this time, the Qing government sent various reinforcements to rescue Luzhou: Yushan with Chuzhou troops stationed outside Gongchen gate, Shuxing a with Shaanxi and Gansu troops stationed in Ganggang, yindebu with Yunnan troops stationed in Zaolin, and Jiang Zhongjun with Hunan troops stationed in wulidun, xipingmen. After examining the enemy's situation, Yihuang knew that if he wanted to take Luzhou, he had to defeat the reinforcements first. So he used the tactics of encircling the city to help. He built a wooden city and earth fortress around the seven gates of Luzhou. He fought against each other and kept the Qing army isolated. He then attacked the reinforcements close to Gongchen gate, killed Yushan and defeated Chuzhou soldiers. He also defeated shuxing'a and yindebu. After Yihuang defeated the reinforcements, the Qing garrison in Luzhou was hungry. They dug a tunnel outside Shuiximen and buried mines to attack the city. The tunnel broke out on the 10th night of December (the 16th night of December in the lunar calendar) and the wall collapsed. Under the command of Yihuang, the soldiers scrambled to climb the city from the gap to recover Luzhou. Jiang Zhongyuan woke up from his dream and was scared out of his wits. His entourage fled to Shuiguan bridge with him on his back. Just as the Taiping Army entered the city, his entourage panicked and threw him underground to escape. He rolled to the ancient pond under the bridge and was drowned.

To shake, to conquer, to restore Luzhou, to protect the Marquis, to protect the marquis. In May of the fourth year of Jiayin reign, he became king of Yu. Xuanyin was defeated in the northern part of Anhui Province and was transferred to the southern part of Anhui Province. Yihuang commanded the army to conquer Taiping County, Fanchang, Wuhu and other places, and left Xiliang mountain in the town to guard the fortress of Tianjing and Jinji. In September, he ordered him to help Tianjia Town, and broke up with Shi Dakai and Luo Kuo in Jiujiang

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