As the saying goes, "those who come out of the mix, sooner or later must be returned", which is most suitable for many rebel generals in the late Qing Dynasty. For the leader of the rebel army or an important person, the Qing Dynasty handled it very simply, that is, Ling Chi was executed; those who escaped by chance, the Qing Dynasty would also pursue and kill them to the end, send secret agents to find their whereabouts, and then arrest and Ling Chi. Zhang Pixiu, a small soldier of the "Boy Scout Army", cut off the head of the monk Gelinqin (the monk king) in the wheat field, changing the political pattern of the late Qing Dynasty; let the tentacles of the Han forces such as Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang extend to the Central Plains, and this force that had been sleeping for more than 200 years finally buried the Manchu Qing. Unfortunately, Zhang Pixiu was too high-profile, and after returning to his hometown, he often showed off his battle exploits to others, and as a result, he was arrested by Qing Dynasty spies and died of Ling Chi. However, there was one person who was more unfortunate and unlucky than Zhang Pixiu, who once led 3,000 soldiers and horses to set up an ambush to kill the monk Greenqin Eight Banner Horse Team, and made great achievements for Lai Wenguang and Zhang Zongyu to achieve the "Caozhou Victory". As a result, this person drank alcohol and was arrested by Yinghan, the inspector of Anhui in the Qing Dynasty, and executed by Ling Chi.
Song Jingshi, a native of Guanxian County, Shandong Province, grew up poor, had a difficult life, ate up and down, and was a typical extremely poor household, at the bottom of society. Fortunately, the Song Jing poet was tall and powerful, and he liked to dance with guns and swords since he was a child, and his reputation in the township was not small. You know, Guanxian County, Shandong Province, is a place of practice, and folk boxing practice (the later "Boxer Rebellion" broke out here); without a little level, others will look down on you. In November 1860, Senggelinqin led 30,000 cavalry to a disastrous defeat at bali bridge, and was beaten by the British and French infantry phalanx. At this time, the Taiping Army took advantage of the victory of the Eastern Expedition to seize the financial and taxation powerhouses such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Qing Dynasty fell into a financial crisis. In order to alleviate financial pressure, the Qing Dynasty transferred the burden to the old peasants in the north, sent grain collection teams to the countryside to "collect grain", and engaged in violent expropriation. Song Jingshi was already poor, and he was also requisitioned grain, so he was naturally dissatisfied. To this end, he called on the peasants to revolt, resisted the collection of grain by officers and soldiers, and killed more than 10 soldiers in GuanXian County, and the uprising broke out.
The 200th people engaged in an uprising, and the strength was too weak. To this end, Song Jingshi decided to find a powerful backer and took the initiative to join the "Great Han League Lord" Zhang Lexing Twist army group, and the department was reorganized into the "Black Flag Army". The "Black Flag Army" here is not the national hero Liu Yongfu's troops, but a banner in the "Five Flags Army" of the Twist army. After joining the Twist Army, Song Jingshi followed Zhang Lexing to attack Hebei and Shandong, sweeping through 13 provinces, and the momentum was very large. At this time, the Qing Dynasty sent Shengbao to the south to supervise the south, leading 20,000 eight banners and green battalions to surround and suppress Zhang Lexing's twist army and stabilize the Lianghuai region. In June 1862, after the minister of Chincha, Sheng Baoling Chi Chen Yucheng, led his troops to besiege Song Jingshi, who was occupying Yingzhou, and surrounded it. The good han did not eat the immediate losses, song Jingshi directly led his troops to surrender to Shengbao, and the troops were organized as "Jingdong Camp" and participated in the western expedition to Shaanxi and Gansu. Generally speaking, following Shengbao Mix, all are officials and prosperous, and Song Jingshi was awarded the post of deputy general in less than half a year, which is second only to the viceroy and the chief soldier among military attaches, and is a high-ranking official from Erpin. In this regard, Song Jingshi is the right person to find, and follow the right boss.
Following Shengbao's conquest of the Shaanxi-Gansu rebel army, Song Jingshi ushered in the peak of her life and became a deputy general. However, his good fortune soon came to an end, because his superior, Katsuho, was beheaded by Cixi, and the team he "incorporated" was also devastated. Shengbao, one of the eight surnames of the Qing Dynasty, the Guarjia clan, a Manchurian white flag bearer, once joined hands with the monk Gelinqin to eliminate the Northern Expeditionary Army, and ironally supported Cixi in the "Xin You Coup", thus becoming a prominent figure in the Qing Dynasty. However, Katsuho was good at great achievements, often "raising Kou and respecting himself", and once an uprising broke out in the jurisdiction, he immediately adopted the method of appeasement and promised to the high-ranking official Houlu. As long as he expressed obedience, even if he did evil and plundered the township, he did not pay any attention to it. In the western expedition to Shaanxi and Gansu, Shengbao still adopted the method of "appeasement", but the rebel army repeatedly defected, and the Qing Dynasty consumed a lot of silver, but the effect was very little. In addition, Katsuho often reached out to ask for officials and money, and also privately installed cronies in the army to resist the orders of the imperial court, resembling a warlord. In this way, Cixi could not bear it, and secretly sent Duolong'a (later killed by the rebels) to Shaanxi and Gansu, captured Shengbao, and escorted him back to Beijing and hanged.
Katsuho was hanged, and the rebels who had accepted the "solicitation" turned against each other in order to avoid being wiped out by the Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of 1863, Song Jingshi led his troops to leave Shaanxi and Gansu, and once again set off an anti-Qing struggle, eliminating more than 1,000 Qing troops in the First Battle of Linqing. In May, the monk Greenqin led a horse team to pursue and surrounded Song Jingshi in Tangyi Xiaoliu Guanzhuang; the two sides fought bloody battles for many days, and the Qing army relied on the "foreign gun team" to successfully blockade Song Jingshi in the village. Then, the monk Greenqin dug two trenches outside the village, built a fort, built a fence, and shelled the village day and night, killing and wounding countless rebels. In July, the rainy season came, and Senggelinqin took a water attack in a vain attempt to drown the rebels. However, the monk Gelinqin was brave and strategic, believing that the rebel army was already in a desperate situation, so he relaxed his vigilance, and Song Jingshi took advantage of the night to break through, and killed in the southeast direction of the weak defense, jumping out of the encirclement. Although Song Jingshi broke out, he suffered heavy losses, and the remaining soldiers and horses in his unit were less than a thousand. Fortunately, Chen Decai waited to maneuver in the north, and had the potential to go south to reinforce the Tianjing battlefield, and the monk Greenqin diverted his attention, and Song Jingshi's pressure was alleviated.
Taking advantage of the battle between the monk Gelinqin and the Fuwang Chen Decai, Song Jingshi seized the time to expand the recruitment of soldiers and horses, train soldiers and soldiers, and increased his troops to more than 3,000 people, and his strength was revived again. In December 1864, Fu Wang's 200,000 troops were destroyed at Heishi Ferry, and Lai Wenguang, the King of Zun, broke through and cooperated with the Twist Army led by Zhang Zongyu and Ren Huabang to continue to resist the Qing. At this time, Song Jingshi led his troops to join the "New Taiping Army" (new "Twist Army") led by Lai Wenguang. In May 1865, Lai Wenguang, Zhang Zongyu, Ren Huabang and others set up an ambush in Shandong Gaolouzhai to lure the monk Greenqin Horse Team to pursue, and then "wrapped dumplings" in them. In this battle, Song Jingshi personally led 3,000 elite soldiers and Lai Wenguang to ambush on the right side of the mountain, and personally charged into the battle and fought a bloody battle with the Mongolian horse team to repay the "revenge of Xiao Liu Guanzhuang being shelled", so his courage was not deserved. As a result, the Mongol horse team was defeated, more than 7,000 people were killed, and the monk Greenqin fled to the wheat field to take refuge when he was hacked to death by the small soldier Zhang Piqi. In the Battle of Gaolouzhai, although Song Jingshi did not have Lai, Zhang, and Ren Dadao, his contribution was indispensable.
In 1868, Lai Wenguang, the King of Zun, was completely annihilated in Yangzhou and was executed by Ling Chi. Song Jingshi broke out and went to Xuzhou and Bozhou to mix the rivers and lakes, and lived by receiving apprentices and Fu Shui to cure diseases. However, the Qing Dynasty did not give up on arresting him, and Inspector Yinghan of Anhui sent spies everywhere to find the leaders of the rebel army and then arrest them. What about Song Jingshi? This person loves to drink, but after drinking, he likes to talk about it, which will eventually lead to disaster. In February 1871, Song Jingshi drank with friends at an inn in Bozhou and talked about life. After three rounds of drinking, Song Jingshi began to show off his "great achievements" and talked about the achievements of the fight with the Qing army that year. In this way, Song Jingshi was found by Qing spies, and Yinghan took advantage of his drunkenness to arrest him. In March of the following year, he was executed. In this regard, Song Jingshi was killed by "wine" and lost his life by drinking.
Bibliography: The Complete History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, Guanxian Chronicle