Li Xuyi

Li Xuyi

Li Xuyi (1823-1863) was born in Xiangxiang (now Lianyuan), Hunan Province. He was a famous general of Hunan army in the late Qing Dynasty and the younger brother of Li Xubin, the governor of Zhejiang Province.

In his early years, Li Xuyi joined the army as a literary boy, followed Luo Zenan and Li Xubin to suppress the Taiping Rebellion, moved to Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui and other provinces, defeated Chen Yucheng, Shi Dakai and other Taiping troops many times, and made great achievements. In six years, he was appointed to Anhui provincial governor (zhengsanpin) by Tongzhi, Zhifu, Daoyuan, and Jiabu political envoy (from erpin). Later, he was promoted to governor of Hubei and became a feudal official.

In the first year of tongzhi (1862), Li Xuyi was appointed as the governor of Anhui Province. He supervised the military affairs of Anhui Province and was responsible for the suppression of twist. He soon returned home because of his mother's worries. In October 1863, he died in his native place. He was only 41 years old, and his posthumous title was Yongyi.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

Li Xuyi is Li Xubin's younger brother. In his early years, he studied together with Li Xubin under Luo Zenan. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Luo Zenan organized regiment training in the countryside and founded the Xiang army with Zeng Guofan. Later, he led his troops to Jiangxi to suppress the Taiping army. At that time, Li Xuyi was just a boy. He also joined the army with Li Xubin and moved to Jiangxi and Hubei. He accumulated merits to know the same thing for several years and was granted Hualing. In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), Luo Zenan died in the battle of Xiang army attacking Wuchang, and Li Xubin took over his army. Li Xuyi continued to fight with Li Xubin and took part in the restoration of Wuchang. He was promoted to be a candidate magistrate under the protection of Hu Linyi, governor of Hubei Province. Later, he went to Jiangxi with Li Xubin to attack Jiujiang.

Move to four provinces

In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), Chen Yucheng led the Taiping army to invade Eastern Hubei from northern Anhui in order to prevent the Xiang army from marching eastward. Hu Linyi personally went to Huangzhou to supervise the division, and transferred Li Xuyi to lead the Ministry to come back. Li Xuyi sent troops to Huangzhou, defeated the Taiping Army in baqishan, Majiahe, huoshigang, chenliuwan, and so on. He entered Qishui and defeated the Taiping Army reinforcements in Yueshan, forcing Chen Yucheng to return to Anhui. In this war, Li Xuyi broke more than 100 barracks of Taiping army before and after the battle. He was promoted to be a candidate Taoist priest because of his merit and was granted the yileda Batu luyong. Li Xuyi was not well-known because his military achievements had been covered up by Li Xubin, and his fame was greatly shaken after the first World War in Eastern Hubei. Later, he returned to Jiangxi and cooperated with the Xiang navy to capture the Taiping Army strongholds around Jiujiang, such as meijiazhou and hukou. Jiujiang was surrounded by Hunan army. In order to solve the siege of Jiujiang, Taiping army attacked hukou. Li Xuyi stationed in Houshan and sent troops from mayingqiao, liushuqiao and laojiadu to repel the Taiping army. The Taiping army attacked mount juanshan again and was defeated by Li Xuyi. Li Xuyi took advantage of the victory and pursued to Mopan Mountain. Then he set up an ambush and defeated the taipingguan reinforcements of the Taiping army. The Taiping army had to withdraw. Jiujiang is now alone. Li Xubin then stepped up the siege, and finally conquered Jiujiang in April of the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858). At that time, Chen Yucheng invaded Hubei again from Anhui and occupied Huang'an (now Hongan, Hubei). With the support of Li Xubin, he defeated the Taiping Army and recovered Huang'an. Then he went to Macheng. Chen Yucheng withdrew from Anhui Province without fighting. Li Xubin then went north to recover Anhui, but his army collapsed and died in the battle of Sanhe. Li Xuyi was staying in Hubei at that time, so he took in the remnant of Li Xubin in Huangzhou. After several months of consolidation, he finally reorganized into the army. But at this time, Shi Dakai led his Taiping army to attack Hunan, the rear base of Hunan army, and besieged Baoqing prefecture (now Shaoyang, Hunan). Luo Bingzhang, governor of Hunan Province, urgently called Liu Changyou, Xiao Qijiang, Tian Xingshu and other Hunan generals to lead the troops back. Hu Linyi, governor of Huguang and governor of Hubei, also ordered Li Xuyi to help Hunan, and asked him to control the reinforcements. Li Xuyi led his troops across Zijiang, attacked outside Baoqing City, and attacked inside and outside the garrison. He defeated the Taiping Army four times. Shi Dakai then withdrew from Baoqing and led his troops to Guangxi. It was July of the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859). In order to reward Li Xuyi for his "quick aid", the Qing government granted him the rank of political envoy.

Promoted to minister of Xinjiang

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Li Xuyi was actually granted the post of Anhui envoy. At that time, the Hunan army besieged anqing on a large scale. Li Xuyi led his troops to settle in qingcaogang between Anqing and Tongcheng, and defeated Chen Yucheng with duolong'a in the area of trailer River in the southwest of Tongcheng, breaking the Taiping barracks in Tangli mountain, zunshang'an, Xiangpu street and wanghedun. He chased for more than 20 Li and forced Chen Yucheng to lose the Lujiang River. He was awarded the second grade crown for his meritorious service. In 1861, Li Xuyi was promoted to governor of Anhui Province. At that time, in order to solve the encirclement of Anqing, Chen Yucheng led his army to attack Wuchang, and even fell into Huangzhou and De'an prefectures and five counties. Li Xuyi resigned as governor of Anhui Province and returned to Hubei Province with his troops. He successively recovered Xiaogan, De'an, Tongcheng, Wuchang, Xianning and Puqi counties, and was granted yellow mandarin jacket for his meritorious service. In August of that year, Hu Linyi died of illness. Li Xuyi took over as governor of Hubei Province and stationed in Huangzhou to supervise military affairs. He successively defeated the Nian Army in Guanghua, Gucheng, Junzhou, Zaoyang, Xiangyang and other places, and was transferred to Anhui governor. In the first year of tongzhi (1862), Li Xuyi helped Anhui military affairs, and was responsible for the suppression of twist in the Huaibei area. He stationed in linhuai, ordered commander Cheng Daji and commander Xiao Qingyan to rescue Yingzhou, defeated Zhang Luoxing, leader of Nien army, and then ordered Jiang Ningxue to recover Huoqiu. At that time, Miao Peilin, the leader of Shouzhou regiment, was fighting against the Qing Dynasty. He was terrified by the Xiang army and surrendered to the Qing government again. Sheng Bao, the imperial minister, intended to use Miao Peilin to contain the Hunan army and suggested to appease Miao Peilin. However, Li Xuyi and Yuan Jiasan strongly advocated the suppression, and there was no less dispute between them. Later, Li Xuyi was promoted to an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs of Anhui Province.

He died young in his prime

Not long after Li Xuyi was promoted to the post of imperial envoy, because his mother died of illness, he asked to return home to keep filial piety. However, due to the tight military situation in Anhui Province, the Qing government only ordered Li Xuyi to wear filial piety in the military camp for a hundred days. Li Xuyi went to Shanghai for several times and asked to return home for mourning. In the end, the Qing government had to give Li Xuyi a hundred days' leave to return to his native place for funeral. However, Li Xuyi fell ill in mourning and died in November 1863. The Qing government paid a pension according to the standard of "the sick death of the governor's barracks", and gave him the posthumous title of Yongyi.

Main achievements

In his early years, Li Xuyi followed the Xiang army to suppress the Taiping army, and fought in Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui and other provinces. He defeated Chen Yucheng, Shi Dakai and other Taiping troops many times in Huangzhou, Qishui, Hukou, Baoqing, Tongcheng and other places, and recovered Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing and other military towns occupied by the Taiping army. When he was governor of Anhui Province, he was also responsible for exterminating the Nian Army, repelling the Nian Army many times in Guanghua, Gucheng and other places, breaking through Zhang Luoxing, the leader of the Nian Army, lifting the siege of Yingzhou and recovering Huoqiu.

Anecdotes and allusions

During the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, eight scholars did not take part in the imperial examination, but advanced themselves with military achievements. Finally, they became officials at the level of Shangshu and governor. They were called eight students at that time. These eight people are: Zeng Guoquan, governor of Liangjiang (Yougong), Peng Yulin, Minister of the Ministry of War (Fusheng), Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang (Fusheng), Liu Changyou, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou (Bagong), Zhang Shusheng, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi (Hesheng), Li Hanzhang, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi (Bagong), Liu Rong, governor of Shaanxi (Hesheng), and Li Xuyi, governor of Anhui (Fusheng).

Character evaluation

Zeng Guofan: both Gong and Zhongwu bear a heavy reputation, but they are less than Rongli. Loyalty and martial arts are good at covering others, while the public is a little strict about evil. In the battle of loyalty and martial arts, one must take the lead. He is careful in his work. He plans big plans instead of learning the benefits of the first battle. In the face of the battle, there was no success. (inscription on the Shinto of Li Yongyi) Yun Shilin: he continued to govern the army strictly, admonished the soldiers with loyalty and comity, and never lost after hundreds of battles. Since his elder brother Xubin was defeated in Sanhe, Xuyi united all his people and resolutely took the task of killing thieves as his own duty. He was the governor of Anhui Province. He got rid of Baoju. He had a favorable government, which was relied on by the people. It's a pity to be praised by the people! Xu Zongliang: the rise of the Xiang army was founded by Luo Zhongjie, and then by Li Zhongwu. Hu Wenzhong was regarded as a rare treasure by the public and paid Pepsi, which was superior to other armies. From what you can see, after Gengshen, all the generals were brave, and duozhong Wugong (duolong'a) was the first, followed by Bao junmen (Bao Chao). Chen Ni Yu became extremely fierce and cunning. He died in Shouzhou when he was strangled by Duobao. Hu Wenzhong, who is brave and resolute in various departments, talks more about the margin. He is worried that it will be difficult for him to succeed. After the death of Yongyi, some of his troops were stationed in Northern Anhui, where there was no unified discipline. Zeng Wenzheng sent money to observe Guochen's military affairs, but he could not be called a strong force. He was brave and resolute, but the Hunan army was exhausted. Xue Fucheng: Yue Kou Zhang, Zeng Wenzheng, who was a local servant, helped to run the regiment training. He proposed to raise money and courage, which was influenced by Hu Wenzhong (Hu Linyi) in Yiyang and Jiang Zhonglie (Jiang Zhongyuan) in Xinning. With the development of culture, talents are flourishing. As a result, Ta Zhong Wu Gong (taqibu), Luo Zhong Jie Gong (Luo Zenan), Li Zhong Wu Gong (Li Xubin), Li Yong Yi Gong, Wang Zhuang Wu Gong (Wang Wei), Yang Gong (Yang yuebin), Peng Gong (Peng Yulin), the former governor general, and so on, have successively made outstanding contributions to the war and are well-known all over the world. Zhao Erxun: 1. Taqibu, Luo Zenan, Li Xubin, Li Xuyi, Peng Yulin, Yang yuebin, etc. all of them were born at the end of their life, and they were born in the army, and their voice was brilliant. ② Li Xubin, who was resolute, benevolent and honest, managed the army in accordance with the law left by Luo Zenan and defeated Wuchang and Jiujiang. Li Xuyi is only known for his perseverance, which is due to his brother's sharp progress? Wang Zhen and Liu tenghong both won by surprise. They were invincible in their profits. They were sorry to die early, but failed to achieve their success. Jiang Yili rose up after setbacks, pacified and governed Zhejiang, and made remarkable achievements. He believed that he could establish himself. All people in Hunan

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