Huang Shouzhong

Huang Shouzhong

Huang Shouzhong was born in Shangsi (Beijiang, Ningming County) of Guangxi in the late Qing Dynasty. He was named Luochen. His ancestral home was Baima Town, Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. The former surname was Luo, his grandfather Luo Hongyi, and his father Luo Zaixun. Because he joined the Huang family, he changed his surname to Huang. He had two sons, Huang Shougang, his eldest son, and Huang Shouzhong, his second son. Shou Zhong ranked second among the brothers, so his nickname was Huang er. He was famous for his bravery in the anti French war in the Qing Dynasty.

brief introduction

In the early years of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, there were many chaotic places, and the villages were often looted by bandits. The young faithful invited the villagers to defend themselves, and organized the brave strong men into the village self-defense forces to defend the village. One night, the bandits came to besiege their village. Shouzhong divided the self defense forces into two teams, left one to guard the village, and led one to attack the bandits. The bandits are holding incense. Shouzhong is also called the self defense forces, holding incense in hand and wrapping a white cloth as a mark, sneak into the bandits, then launch a rebellion, kill a bandit leader, and the bandits all flee. After that, the bandits and the local bandits would not dare to capture him and return to Taiping County. He was wise and brave in the battle and was soon recommended as the leader. In order to avoid the pursuit of the Qing army, Shouzhong led his troops into Vietnam. He was only 26 at the time.

Later, Liu Yongfu's black flag army also fled to Vietnam, led by Shouzhong and became one of the three tiger generals in the black flag army. He led more than 1200 former battalions. More than Liu Yongfu's headquarters. He made many wonderful achievements in resisting the French. In the paper bridge war in May 1883, the loyal front camp faced the enemy. Unexpectedly, the right battalion was forced by the enemy, and Shouzhong took the initiative to help. He led the French army to the ambush point of the left battalion, and then the three battalions defeated the French army. Kill 200 enemies. Li Weili, commander of the French army, and Lu Mei, deputy commander of the French army, were loyal and killed. They were known as the great victory of Zhiqiao in history. Later, they were awarded 1000 liang of silver by the king of Yue. In August, the French army took advantage of the flood to attack the black flag military base by land and water. When the flood reached the fort of the black flag army, the French ships drove straight to the front of the black flag camp and opened fire. The barracks of the black flag army were blocked by the flood, so they couldn't care for each other, they had to fight on their own. In the evening of the battle, the ammunition of the main camp was exhausted. Just in a critical moment, Shouzhong led the troops to help, and then the danger of the main camp overturning was relieved. At the same time, the French attacked the capital of Vietnam, hue, and forced the king of Vietnam to sign 27 contracts. The text ordered the black flag army to withdraw from Shanxi. Liu Yongfu is going to withdraw from the army to protect his victory (today's old street), but his soldiers are reluctant to know. Shouzhong said to Yongfu, "general, you can go back to Baosheng. Please let me lead the whole army to defend Shanxi. The meritorious service belongs to the general and the guilt to me." Huang Shouzhong's sincere feelings helped Liu Yongfu to defend Shanxi firmly.

In September of the same year, the French army attacked the black flag army stationed in Danfeng by land and water. The enemy's fire was so fierce that the soldiers of the black flag army could not raise their heads. In the face of fierce fighting, he was not afraid to defend his loyalty. He stayed at the front line day and night to command the battle. He led his troops in the water and fought against the French army for three days and nights. He killed two or three hundred people and defeated the enemy's attack. Shouzhong fought against France in the black flag army, fought more than 100 times, and moved to more than 10 provinces of Vietnam. He has always been a pioneer, so he is known as "black flag Huang Er" (Liu Yongfu is called "black flag Liu Er").

In December, the French army was attacking Shanxi. Yongfu ordered Shouzhong to encircle the enemy's rear. Due to the obstruction of many rivers and streams, the Shouzhong department failed to encircle in time, and the black flag army was defeated. Yongfu accused Shouzhong of ineffective fighting and refused to accept it. The two began to contradict. After that, the black flag army lost two times in Zuoyu. Yongfu repeatedly accused Shouzhong and put these accusations to the commander-in-chief of the anti French Qing army. Shouzhong thought that it was intolerable, so he led the army to leave the black flag army in the summer of 1885 and transferred to the Tang Jingsong army.

After the peace negotiation between China and France, Shou Zhong returned to China with the Tang division, and was promoted to the rank of deputy general by military merit. He served as the commander-in-chief of the army with the character of Jing, and was awarded the title of Dai Hualing for three generations. Later, he was transferred to the zhongzi Army (Su Yuanchun's Department) and was in charge of Tuoying, Jinan, Changqiao, Aidian and other border passes. Guangxu 21 years (1895) transferred to Jiangnan two river governor standard, Guangzhong army commander. After the release of soldiers home. In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Su Yuanchun again used him as the commander of the zhongzi army and ordered his troops to suppress the "three-point meeting" in Yulin, Beiliu and Xingye. Later, he was transferred to Zhennan road. He refused to accept it and refused to return home. At the end of the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Eight Allied forces captured Beijing, and the Qing government dispatched Feng Zicai, a famous general who resisted France, to Beijing to resist the enemy. Feng Zicai always valued loyalty and invited him to go with him. When I went to Nanjing, I knew that the imperial court had made a peace negotiation. Shouzhong looked up at the sky and sighed, so he had to turn back and live in seclusion.

Seclusion

After Shou Zhong lived in seclusion, he founded Beijiang street, built more than 120 houses, rented them to business travelers, and provided free porridge for people in the fairs to attract people in the fairs. He sighed that there were few scholars in his hometown. He asked his son to write to the government in the name of Zhu Sheng. He asked for permission to build Sicheng college in Beijiang, and to donate construction expenses and teachers' salaries. After Emperor Guangxu knew his deeds, he inscribed a plaque with the title of "happy work and good giving". After Shou Zhong died, the villagers set up a temple to commemorate him.

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