Ye Zhichao

Ye Zhichao

Ye Zhichao (1838-1901), a general of the Huai army, was born in Hefei (now Feixi), Anhui Province. In his early years, he suppressed the Nien uprising from Liu Mingchuan in the end of the Huai army, and made contributions to the commander in chief. It's called ituhunbatulu. After the defeat of Nien army, he was appreciated by Li Hongzhang and stayed in Beiyang. At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the chief of the Department of Zhengding town led the troops to guard the new town against Dagu. After moving to Fangshan customs. Guangxu 15 years (1889), promoted Zhili governor. In 1891, Fengxi led the army to suppress Rehe Jindan Taoism and killed Li Guozhen, the leader of the Taoism. When things are flat, you can wear a yellow mandarin jacket. In the draft of Qing Dynasty history, ye Zhichao wrote: "when you go to Dingzhou, you can't keep it. You will go more than 500 Li to cross the Yalu River and enter the border to stop." People's education press, modern history of China (Volume I), page 48, wrote: "after the sacrifice of Zuo precious, ye Zhichao abandoned the city and fled, ran five hundred miles, retreated to China." In 1894, the Qing government ordered Ye Zhichao to be removed from his post. Li Hongzhang asked him to stay in the camp for service, but he was not allowed to. In 1896 (the 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), the weapon was sent to the capital, and was interrogated by the Ministry of criminal justice. Later, he returned home. He was released in 1900 and died the following year. Bury Huang Laoying.

Life of the characters

Ye Zhichao (1838-1901) was born in Shengcun, Huagang Town, Feixi County. He was named Shuqing and nicknamed Ye Dadao. Both parents died when they were young and were adopted by their uncle. The boy helped his uncle herd cattle and do chores. Young people participated in Xie Xianliang's group training and served as cooks. It's big and powerful. Once, Xie Xianliang led the regiment to attack the Taiping army of Wangwei. He asked to join the war and was allowed to do so. In the fierce battle, a local blunderbuss bullet hit his waist and knocked him to the ground. People thought that ye Dafeng had been killed, but he stood up from the ground and continued to fight. It turned out that the local blunderbuss hit the waist knife and did not hurt his body. Xie Xianliang thinks that ye Zhichao is not a mortal. If he survives, he will be blessed. After that, ye Zhichao was always in the lead in every battle, and he made many achievements.

Encircle and suppress the Nien Army

In the early years of tongzhi (1862), ye Zhichao thought that it was not enough for him to succeed in local league training, so he went to Jiangsu Province to invest in Zhang Shusheng's account. Sun Yishou, deputy general of the Shujun army, was his wife and brother because he was appointed as the leader of the former camp. In the battles of the Huai army's recovery of Changzhou and Taicang and its aid to Zhejiang Province, ye Zhichao made outstanding contributions, especially to Cao. In the fifth year of Tongzhi, he changed to lead the new left camp of the horse team. After pacifying Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Taiping Army dispatched Liu Mingchuan to suppress the Nien army. On December 10, the sixth year of Tongzhi, Lai Wenguang led the eastern Nien army to break through to Zhangqiao. During the meal, ye Zhichao, under the command of Liu Bingzhang, Shanxi's political envoy, led the army to rush into the position of the eastern Nien army and killed them. During the melee, he was wounded by spear, but he was still in a creative battle. Together with general Cai GUI and Yang Qizhen, he defeated the eastern Nien army and killed 500 or 600 people. On December 11, Lai Wenguang led the eastern Nien army to break through to the Northeast Bay of Yangzhou, where he was killed by artillery and the rest of them retreated to Tianchang by fog. He led the horse troopers to chase after Tianchang, and defeated the Chahe river. He had no choice but to capture and cut down the eastern Nien army. The Qing government awarded the name of ehun batulu, which was the first to perform in case of lack. During the encirclement and suppression of the Xi Nian Army, he took Nanle, fought in Dezhou and the plains, and made great achievements. In the ninth year of Tongzhi, after the annihilation of the eastern and Western Nien army, the Qing government ordered Li Hongzhang to handle the military affairs in Beiyang. Li Hongzhang then left him in Beiyang for use and sent him to Baoding as the commander of the horse team. At that time, there were many starving people uprisings in Kinki, and all the things that ye Zhichao did to suppress them all subsided. He will not be dismissed until the leaders are captured.

Suppress Jehol sect bandits

Guangxu first year (1875), the Department of Zhili Zhengding Town chief, led the new training army to guard Tianjin new city, Dagukou back road, Gongwei coastal defense. In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing government decided to reorganize the army and Navy and build Shanhaiguan fort. Li Hongzhang recommended his wisdom and strategy, appointed him as the commander in chief, and gave him practical instructions. In the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he was promoted to governor of Zhili and Wing Chief of Beiyang defense army. In the 17th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Taoists revolted in Chaoyang Jintian, Rehe. The Qing government ordered Zhili and Fengtian to suppress the uprising. He led his elite out of Gubeikou and went to Jianchang, where he broke up Yulin, shenjiawoguan and Beizi temple. He broke down the siege of Changgao and was trapped in Wudan city. In January, he captured the whole territory of Rehe, captured Li Guozhen, the leader of the religious people, cracked his car, bound Yang Yuxiang and sent him to Tianjin for decapitation. Wearing a yellow mandarin jacket in the Qing Dynasty was a great honor.

Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895

In the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the East learning party uprising broke out in North Korea. The North Korean government asked the Qing government to send troops to help suppress it. In order to take advantage of this incident, Japan launched a war of aggression against Korea and China, and invited the Qing government to intervene. At the end of May, Li Hongzhang dispatched more than 2000 Qing troops, such as ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng, the commander in chief of Taiyuan town, to Yashan, Korea, to suppress the uprising of the eastern learning party. Seeing that the plot was successful, the Japanese government sent a mixed brigade of the fifth division to land in Incheon in the name of protecting the overseas Chinese, in an attempt to provoke the Sino Japanese war. When ye Zhichao began to send troops to Korea, he didn't want to go and begged Zhou Fu to intercede with Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang said: "it may not be easy to fight. Why are you afraid?" Ye Zhichao went to Korea reluctantly. On June 23, Japan sent out its navy to launch a sudden attack on the Chinese fleet in the waters outside the Yashan pass, and sent its army to launch an attack on the Chinese fleet in Yashan pass. Ye Zhichao was restless when he heard of the Japanese attack. Nie Shicheng put forward: "the sea route has been blocked, and it is difficult for reinforcements to cross it. Yashan Jedi can't defend it. Gongzhou has mountains on its back and rivers on its side. It's natural to win. It's better to gallop to it and fight to win. If you can't win, you'll have to make a detour.". He was helpless, so he agreed to Nie Shicheng's plan, and ordered him to block in chenghuan and take Gongzhou as backup. As a matter of fact, ye Zhichao did not defend himself according to the Gongzhou. Instead, he was afraid of the enemy and fled to Pyongyang. On June 26, the Japanese army launched an attack on chenghuan. Nie Shicheng laid an ambush and killed more than a thousand Japanese soldiers. After a fierce battle, he was defeated and retreated to Gongzhou because of the shortage of ammunition. When Nie Shicheng retreated to Gongzhou, he saw that ye Zhichao had already retreated to Pyongyang, so he had to make a detour to pursue Ye Zhichao and retreat to Pyongyang. After arriving in Pyongyang, ye Zhichao lied to Li Hongzhang: "the battle of chenghuan was won repeatedly, more than 2000 Japanese were killed, and more than 200 Ye soldiers were killed.". According to his false report, Li Hongzhang described Yashan's defeat and escape as a way of defeating the Japanese army and transferring to Pyongyang, asking the Qing government for credit. When the Qing government heard about the newspaper, it was rewarded with 20000 taels of silver. At this time, more than ten thousand soldiers from the four Qing armies, who were supported by land, also gathered in Pyongyang, and the Qing government appointed him the president of the armies. Ye Zhichao was very proud of his failure and promotion. He had a party every day. Instead of analyzing and studying the severe war situation and the enemy's situation, we are only building some simple barracks around the fort and making passive defense. The generals were not convinced that they had won the title of president of the Qing army in Pyongyang because they lied about military information. at that time, there was only one mixed brigade of Japanese troops in North Korea, and the follow-up troops had not yet arrived. Emperor Guangxu urged the army to march into Seoul several times. Sheng Xuanhuai, the commander of Beiyang camp, also suggested that the Japanese army should take advantage of the weakness of its forces to move in quickly. Under the instruction of Li Hongzhang, he neither marched on the initiative nor made arrangements for the garrison and missed the opportunity. Until the Japanese army approached, they left the precious rate of the left to defend the north of the Xuanwu Gate in the defending City, and the Wei and Guizhou army kept the West and southwest of the city, and Ma Yukun, who was on the east side of the city and the Datong River bank, was in charge of the city. At the beginning of August, the Japanese reconnaissance unit fled to the Bank of the Datong River and was driven away by Yijun. Ye Zhichao reported to the Qing government with his repeated victories. The Japanese army adopted the tactics of "great encirclement" and attacked Pyongyang in four ways. The first road attacked the east along the main road, the second road attacked the southwest, and the third road crossed the upper reaches of the Datong River to attack the north. The fourth way from Yuanshan landing to the west, cutting off the northwest of Pyongyang to Anzhou Avenue. On August 16, the Japanese launched a general offensive. Donglu Yijun strangled the East Bank of the Datong River, fought to the death, and Shengjun crossed the river for support. After eight or nine hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army suffered a lot of casualties, and the battle was a little more profitable. Ye Zhichao not only did not fight fiercely, but returned to the city. The Japanese Army crossed the Datong River and occupied Shanfu. They blasted Xuanwu Gate in the north of the city with artillery. The barracks outside the city fell one after another, and the commanding height of Mudanjiang was also occupied by the Japanese army. Zuo GuiGui personally went to the city to command and asked Ye Zhichao for help. He refused to send reinforcements and insisted on abandoning the city and escaping. Zuo Baogui did not follow. On the one hand, he sent someone to monitor Ye Zhichao, and on the other hand, he directed the battle. Unfortunately, he was shot dead. At this time, although the Japanese occupied Xuanwumen, they did not dare to enter the city because they did not know the reality of the city. On the Bank of the Datong River, the Japanese army was attacked by Yi and Sheng armies and began to retreat. Wei Rugui also stopped the Japanese attack in the southwest of the city. Ye Zhichao not only did not take advantage of the fighting situation to fight back, but also set up a white flag and begged for a strike. the Japanese army agreed to accept the surrender and ordered the troops to return. When the Japanese army was preparing for surrender, a scene that even the Japanese army could not imagine was staged. He took the opportunity to order all the troops to abandon the city and abscond to the north. He gave the Japanese army 40 guns, more than 10000 guns and a grain for nothing. The Korean soldiers were extremely angry at the Qing army's retreat from the city. When they left the city, they shot them from the back. The dead could not be counted. The Japanese army learned that ye Zhichao led his troops to abscond to the north, so they sent the main force to the mountain pass. Ye Zhichao wielded his army to maneuver. After a long time, he was crushed and trampled on, while the dead were sleeping. More than 2000 people were injured and killed. All the generals went away with their weapons and broke up. Ye Zhichao led his troops to rush to Anzhou. Nie Shicheng suggested that the terrain of Anzhou is very dangerous. It is a place for defense. If you stick to it here, you can defeat the Japanese army and turn defeat into victory. Ye Zhichao, like a bird in shock, did not listen to Nie Shicheng's advice. When he passed through Anzhou, he rode his horse, abandoned it but did not defend it. He ran for more than 500 Li, crossed the Yalu River and entered the Chinese border. When the Qing government heard about this, it immediately ordered Ye Zhichao to change his position. Li Hongzhang asked him to stay in the camp, but the Qing government refused. The next year, he was sent to the capital and sentenced by the Ministry of punishment. Guangxu 26 years, amnesty. In the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he died in his hometown.

Family table

Ye Zhichao has two children. The eldest son Ye Yuhuang, Qing Dynasty

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