Peng Yulin

Peng Yulin

Peng Yulin (December 14, 1816 - March 6, 1890), with the word Xueqin, is the master of the retreat nunnery and a history of chanting incense. His ancestral home is Hengyang County, Hengzhou Prefecture, Hengyang City (now Zhajiang County, Hengyang City). He was born in Anqing Prefecture, Anhui Province (now Anqing City). Xue Shuai is a famous politician, militarist, calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty. Together with Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, he was called the three heroes of the Qing Dynasty. Together with Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi, he was called the four famous ministers of ZTE. He was the founder of the navy of Hunan army and the founder of modern Chinese navy. He was the governor of Liangjiang, Minister of Nanyang trade, Minister of the Ministry of war, and a first-class light truck captain.

Dao Guangmo took part in the suppression of Li Yuan. Later, he worked as a pawn manager in Leiyang, and used pawn money to raise courage and bluff to resist the Taiping Army approaching the county. He returned to Zeng Guofan and unified the navy of Xiang army. The battle of Banbi mountain was named by the magistrate. Later, he went to Jiujiang and anqing with the help of the army, and changed to be a prefect and a right servant of the Ministry of war. In the second year of Tongzhi, the governor broke through Jiufu island and cut off the grain road of Tianjing. After the war, the Changjiang River water division system was established and the Yangtze River was visited every year. During the Sino French war, he led his troops to humen and spared no efforts to negotiate peace.

In March 1890 (the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), he died in tuisheng nunnery on the East Bank of Xiangjiang River in Hengzhou. He was granted the title of Prince Taibao and built a special temple. In his spare time, Peng Yulin was famous for his paintings and poems. Later, his poems were collected by Yu Quyuan and published under the title of collection of Peng Gangzhi's Poems (eight volumes), which contains more than 500 poems.

Life of the characters

Early experience

In 1816, Peng Yulin was born in Anqing, Anhui Province.

In 1832, he returned home with his father Peng Mingjiu. When his father died, the clansmen seized his land and took refuge in Hengzhou prefecture to study in shigu Academy. He invested in Hengzhou Xiebao camp to serve as secretary, and paid monthly to support his family. Hengzhou magistrate Gao Renjian, occasionally sitting in the guest to see its text, highly appreciated, and recruited him to study in the Department, supplemented with student members.

In the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), due to the death of his uncle, Peng Yulin sent people to Anhui Province to bring his grandmother and aunt Zhu bin to Hengyang for support.

In 1845, Peng Yulin's grandmother died in Hengzhou. Aunt Zhubin got married. Peng Yulin married his wife Zou.

In 1850, Li Yuan launched an uprising, and Peng Yulin followed him from Hengzhou to suppress it. Peng Yulin came to the fore in this battle. He was awarded the title of blue Ling Ding Dai, but he resigned. He went to a pawnshop in Leiyang and became an accountant.

Join the Hunan army

In the winter of the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Peng Yulin was invited by Zeng Guofan to join the Xiang army. He founded the Xiang army navy with Zeng Guofan in Hengzhou, bought foreign guns, made large ships, and made shipping regulations.

On February 23, 1854, Hengzhou shipyard of Xiangjun army finished its work. At that time, the navy of the Xiang army began to take shape, with ten battalions of 5000 people, including four battalions in Xiangtan with Chu ruhang and Xia Luan as battalions and six battalions in Hengzhou with Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu as battalions. On February 25, Zeng Guofan issued the "call on the bandits in Guangdong". He supervised more than 17000 Navy and Lu divisions of the Xiang army and set out from Hengzhou to begin the northern expedition. On April 7, Shi Xiangzhen of Taiping army defeated Zeng Guofan's Xiang army and occupied Yuezhou again. Hunan Navy retreated to Changsha. On April 24, Lin Shaozhang's troops of the Taiping army captured Xiangtan. Zeng Guofan called all the battalion officials to discuss the war and defense, and pushed Peng Yulin's decision. Peng Yulin supported Zuo Zongtang's view and advocated attacking Xiangtan with the main force. On April 26, according to Peng Yulin's plan, Zeng Guofan sent the Fifth Battalion of Xiang navy to Xiangtan to help taqibu attack the Western expeditionary army. On April 28, in violation of Peng Yulin's prior plan, Zeng Guofan supervised 40 warships and 800 Lu Yong, and he Xiang regiment attacked the Taiping Army in Jinggang, which was defeated both on land and on water. Zeng Guofan threw himself into the water in shame and anger, and left and right to rescue him. On the same day, Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu led the Fifth Battalion of the navy to defeat the Taiping Army in Xiangtan. On April 30, Peng Yulin, Yang Zaifu and others led the Fifth Battalion of the navy to set fire in the downwind, burning all the Taiping warships. The battle of Xiangtan ended with a complete victory of the Xiang army.

Xiangshui Yangbo

Soon after, Zeng Guofan ordered Chu ruhang, Xia Luan, Peng Yulin, and Yang Zaifu to lead the four battalions of the Xiang navy to attack Yuezhou. The navy of Hunan army set up an ambush in Junshan and Leigong lake, and defeated the water camp of Taiping army.

Zeng Tianyang, a valiant general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led three or four hundred ships to cooperate with the Lu Division to counter attack the Xiang army. The waterway was still defeated by the Xiang Navy. The Xiang Navy and the Taiping army fought in daolinji and won a great victory.

Zeng Guofan led more than 2000 Navy and army personnel of Hunan army, Chen Huilong led 400 Navy personnel of Guangdong, Li Mengqun led 1000 Shuiyong personnel of Guangxi and arrived in Yuezhou. Wei Jun and other departments of the Taiping Army counterattacked Yuezhou. Chen Huilong, Chu ruhang and Xia Luan led the Xiang army navy down to resist and underestimated the enemy's ambush. Chen Huilong, Chu ruhang and Xia Luan were injured and drowned. Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu drove the sampan and fought hard. Wei Jun and other departments just retreated.

Because of the battle of Yuezhou, the Qing government awarded Peng Yulin the title of Tongzhi and Dai Hualing. Xiang army attacked LINGJI by water and land, and Wei Jun and other departments of Taiping army retreated to Wuchang.

On October 14, 1854, the Hunan army captured Wuchang, and the Taiping Army shifengkui retreated to the East. On October 15, Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, ordered Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, to set up a garrison in Tianjia Town, Hubei Province. On December 1, the navy of the Xiang army marched into the outskirts of Tianjia town. Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu ventured to the south bank and agreed with taqibu and Luo Zenan to attack the iron chain of Tianjia town by land and water the next day. They were divided into four teams: the first team cut the iron chain; the second team resisted the artillery ships of Taiping Army; the third team rushed down the river to attack and burn the ships downstream of Taiping army when the iron chain was cut off; the fourth team guarded the grain and equipment of Taiping army. December 2. Sun changkai, a naval officer of the Hunan army, drove a speedboat directly to the front of the Hengjiang iron chain. He broke the iron hook, took out the ship carrying the chain, set fire to the furnace, burned the iron chain red, and broke it with a big axe. Peng Yulin led the sampan to attack the artillery ships of Taiping Army and cover the actions of sun changkai and others. After the iron chain was broken, Yang Zaifu led the sampan boats down the river to Wuxue, and then set fire to it, burning down all the more than 4000 warships of the Taiping army. The next day, the Taiping Army burned itself, abandoned Tianjia town and retreated to Huangmei. The Xiang army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and Peng Yulin's troops entered the Jiujiang river. On December 18, because of the attack of Tianjia town in Hubei Province, the Qing government awarded Peng Yulin batulu's name.

Bloody battle in Hubei

In 1855, the Xiang Navy attacked Jiujiang and xiaochikou rivers, and the Taiping army retreated to hukou. Xiao Jie, commander of Xiang Navy battalion, led more than 200 long dragons and sampans into Poyang Lake, which was cut off by Taiping army. Since then, the navy of Hunan army has been divided into two parts: the inner lake and the outer river.

For this reason, Zeng Guofan ordered Peng Yulin to lead more than 70 warships of Waijiang navy to repair the new dyke in Mianyang in the name of aiding Hubei. On April 3, Taiping Army Wei Jun and other departments occupied Wuchang again, which was the third occupation of Wuchang by Taiping army. On August 24, Hu Linyi and Peng Yulin led their troops to attack Caidian. The Taiping army withdrew from Caidian. On August 27, Governor Peng Yulin led the Xiang navy to attack Hankou, burning more than 300 Taiping warships. That night, the Taiping army withdrew from Hankou Town, and Governor Peng Yulin led the Xiang navy to enter. On September 4, Xiang army's Neihu Navy attacked Hukou and killed Xiao Jie's third artillery. The Xiang Navy planned to return to Zhuankou and was bombarded by the Taiping Army on the way. The mast of Peng Yulin's warship was broken and it was difficult to move forward.

At this time, Yang Zaifu passed by in a warship. Peng Yulin called for help in a hurry. Yang Zaifu pretended not to hear him and left quickly. It happened that Peng Yulin would drive by Cheng Faxiang's sampan. Peng Yulin jumped into the sampan and escaped. On September 6, Zeng Guofan returned to Nankang camp from Jiujiang and sent Peng Yulin to Jiangxi to command the Inland Lake Navy. Due to the efforts of conquering Hankou town in Hubei Province and killing Xiao Chaofu, the Qing government rewarded Peng Yulin and other officials. Peng Yulin returned to Hengzhou to recover from his illness. Zeng Guofan repeatedly urged him to come to Jiangxi to command the Inland Lake Navy. Therefore, Peng Yulin disguised himself as a school beggar, walked 700 Li in his clothes, and arrived in Nanchang this month. Zeng Guofan ordered him to command the Inland Lake Navy.

On October 25, the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), the Hukou campaign began. Peng Yulin led the Hunan army's inland Navy out of the lake in three teams, and Yang Zaifu led the Hunan army's Waijiang navy to hukou to support. After two and a half years, the inner lake Navy and the outer river navy of the Xiang army reunited. On October 26, Hunan army captured Hukou and meijiazhou on the other side.

On May 19, 1858, Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu led the navy of Hunan army to cooperate with the Army division of Hunan army of Li Xubin to conquer Jiujiang City. Because of the restoration of Jiujiang City in Jiangxi Province, the Qing government rewarded Peng Yulin, a Taoist priest, with the title of minister.

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On June 21, 1860, Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu led the Xiang Navy and supervised Wei Zhijun's Army division to conquer Zongyang, an important town outside Anqing. On October 26, Peng Yulin sent Cheng Faxiang and others to lead the Xiang navy to conquer Duchang County, Jiangxi Province.

On March 28, 1861, Peng Yulin arrived at the chin River and dispatched the navy to successfully prevent Chen Yucheng from crossing Jiangnan. On April 29th, the Qing government awarded Peng Yulin as Guangdong's deputy. On September 28, Peng Yulin and Li Xuyi led the army to conquer Huangzhou Prefecture in Hubei Province.

On May 18 of the first year of tongzhi (1862), Peng Yulin led the navy of Xiang army to conquer Taiping Prefecture of Anhui Province in cooperation with the Army division of Zeng Guoquan. On May 19, Zeng Guoquan and Peng Yulin led their troops to conquer Jinzhu pass, the natural danger of the Yangtze River. On May 30, Peng Yulin's governor Wang Mingshan and others, together with Zeng Guoquan's Hunan army Lu Division, captured Jiangning touguan. Zeng Guoquan was stationed at Yuhuatai in the south of the division city, and Peng Yulin led the Xiang navy to the mouth of the moat in Jiangning. On October 11, the Taiping army pulled out hundreds of warships from Dongba, covering Gucheng and Nanyi lakes

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