In the largest peasant uprising at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, there was a figure that had to be mentioned. That is the wing king Shi Dakai, whose young hero, followed Hong Xiuquan at the age of 16, repeatedly made military achievements, and zeng guofan who had been beaten several times wanted to jump into the lake to commit suicide, which can be described as the pillar of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and a famous general at the end of the Qing Dynasty. However, from the historical records, Shi Dakai was finally captured by the Qing army at the Dadu River, the entire army was destroyed, and the whole family was executed by Ling Chi.
In the end, even his 5-year-old son, and the youngest son who had just been born, were also killed by the Qing Dynasty Ling Chi, so it can be said that they have cut off their children and grandchildren. However, now, in Gui County, Guangxi, that is, Shi Dakai's hometown, there is a small village of more than 100 people, claiming to be the 7th generation of Shi Dakai's descendants, and all of them have changed their surnames to Hu. What's going on here? How did they survive and why weren't they killed? This all stemmed from a secret arrangement before Shi Dakai's death.
After the Tianjing Incident, both Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, and Wei Changhui, the Northern King, were killed, leaving only Shi Dakai. Moreover, Shi Dakai has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness, and he is known for his good war in the Taiping Army, so his prestige is very high, and many armies are loyal to Shi Dakai. In this case, Hong Xiuquan was very uneasy and suspicious, and after Shi Dakai took charge, he arranged for his two brothers to restrain him.
In the end, Shi Dakai could not bear it any longer and lost faith in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so he fled in May 1857. Along the way, the Taiping army that followed him was in an endless stream, and it almost took away hundreds of thousands of the main elite troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the momentum was very huge. After Shi Da left, the basic marching route was from Anhui to Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou to Sichuan, and the route stretched for most of the south.
Finally, in 1863, he arrived at the Dadu River, but because Shi Dakai's concubine gave birth to a son at this time, Shi Dakai ordered a three-day rest and did not cross the river in time. Three days later, the water level of the Dadu River rose sharply, and the Qing army arrived, and in the case of grain and grass being cut off, foreign aid being cut off, and the Dadu River not being able to cross, Shi Dakai's army finally had to surrender to save its subordinates. However, luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, rebelled and not only captured Shi Dakai, but also killed all the last Taiping troops.
In the end, Shi Dakai was also killed by ling chi more than 3,000 knives, and he was cut alive for 3 days, but he never said a word, which was called a strange man. After Shi Dakai's death, his family members and two young sons were also all killed and lingchi. So what happened to the descendants of guangxi's hometown? It turned out that in the process of Shi Dakai's march, he returned to his hometown of Guixian in 1861 and found his relatives and only aunt.
At this time, the aunt was lonely and lonely, and Shi Dakai could not bear it, so he left his 2 elder sons with his aunt. First, you can take care of your aunt, and second, in case of your own accident, you can also leave a bloodline. After Shi Dakai's death, the two children changed their surname to Hu, because their aunt's village was surnamed Hu. Now Shi Dakai's descendants have multiplied to the 7th generation, with a total of more than 100 people, who have been clinging to this secret for a hundred years, but they know in their hearts that they are shi Dakai's descendants.