What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
In the late Qing Dynasty, famous generals and famous marshals came out one after another, and in terms of merit, the famous Han commanders first recommended Zeng Guofan, and the most prominent of the Manchu and Mongolian famous generals was the monk Gelinqin. As a commander with the same name as Zeng Guofan, the monk Gelinqin made many achievements in the war against Britain and France, the conquest of the Taiping Army, and the elimination of the Twist Army, and was also highly valued by the Qing court. However, the ending of this famous marshal was unexpected, and he was finally killed by an unknown soldier.
The monk Greenqin came from a Mongolian aristocratic family and was enfeoffed as the king of Zasak Doro County. During the Daoguang period, the monk Gelinqin entered beijing to serve, and served as the imperial walker, the imperial minister, the consular guard, the Mongolian capital under the blue banner, and the manchurian capital under the white flag. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners was extremely poor, and it was already in a state of "mud cannot support the wall", only the cavalry commanded by the monk Gelinqin had strict discipline and strong combat effectiveness, which was very impressive to the Qing court, so in the three dynasties of Daoguang, Xianfeng, and Tongzhi, the monk Greenqin could be reused.
The monk Gelinqin was a famous marshal of the late Qing Dynasty who was on a par with Zeng Guofan
As a famous Mongol general, the monk Gelinqin (also known as the "Monk King" at that time because of the attack on the King of Fengjun), led troops to suppress the two departments of Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang of the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and after hundreds of battles, they all annihilated the rebels, thus threatening The Sea. During the Second Opium War, Senggelinqin was ordered to resist the Anglo-French coalition and severely damage the coalition forces in the Defense of Tagu Pass, which greatly excited the Qing court.
The monk Greenqin was good at caring for soldiers and soldiers, governing the army strictly, coupled with his fierceness and bravery, and not afraid of life and death, so he was relied on by the Qing court as a pillar, and at the same time became a nightmare for the Taiping Army and the Twist Army. However, the monk Greenqin also has his own weaknesses, that is, he is brave and light,He is not familiar with the enemy's situation, and he often only seeks near profits and does not seek far a long way in combat, thus laying the groundwork for the eventual demise (Liu Tizhi once commented in the "Alien Dictionary" that "the monk king will ride the Mongolian iron horse and gallop to the Central Plains, which can be described as brave, but the plan is uncertain, so there is no hope of success." ”）
Senggelinqin had inflicted heavy losses on the Eight Mile Bridge
Beginning in 1860, the monk Gelinqin was ordered to pursue and suppress the Twist army in the Area of Zhili and Shandong, and once scattered more than 100,000 and reduced more than 100,000 (according to the statistics of the "Qing History Draft"), arrested and executed Chen Yucheng, the commander of the Taiping Army, Zhang Lexing, the leader of the Twist Army, and Miao Peilin, the leader of the rebellious militia, with extremely brilliant results. After Zhang Lexing was killed, the twister army hated the monk Greenqin to the bone, and the new leader Zhang Zongyu decided to take advantage of the weakness of the monk Greenqin's pride and light enemy, and adopted the "siege tactic" to fight in various places to lure the monk Greenqin and annihilate him after his division was exhausted.
In May 1865, the monk Greenqin, who was dragged down by Zhang Zongyu, was caught in the trap of the Twist army, and fell under siege at Caozhou Gaolouzhai in Shandong, and after a fierce battle, only led a small number of followers to break through in the direction of Wujiadian. Sadly, the monk Greenqin fell from his horse because of his injuries on the way, so he had to hide in the wheat field, hoping to avoid the search of the Twister Army. However, the monk Greenqin was not able to escape the disaster after all, and was finally searched by Zhang Pixiu, a small soldier of the Twist army, and was beheaded in the wheat field at the age of 54.
Map of the area of activity of the Twister Army
To the bandits, hovering between Yan, Yi, Cao, and Ji... To Caozhou North Gaozhuang, the thieves refused to fight. The army attacked in three ways, all of them were defeated, retreated to the deserted village, was besieged, the soldiers were not allowed to eat, broke through the chaotic battle in the middle of the night, and did not distinguish between the dark and did not distinguish between the two, to Wujiadian, from the half of the ride. The monk Grinqin smoked a saber as a thief, and Ma Ji was killed. See Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, One Hundred and Ninety-One Biography of monk Greenqin
When the bad news of the death of the monk Gelinqin came, the Qing court was shocked, and Empress Dowager Ci'an and Empress Dowager Cixi immediately issued a generous burial and a gift, and gave preferential treatment to his family. At the same time, the empress dowager of the two palaces also strictly ordered the officials of Shandong, Anhui, and other places to strictly arrest the murderer of the monk Greenqin, and once arrested, the canonical punishment was immediately made ("The incident, the two palaces mourned, Zhao Jiaqi's loyalty and courage became successful, regarded state affairs as family affairs, and regarded the prince as a final ceremony, and treated the prince as a favor. Ibid.).
Finally, let's talk about the ending of Zhang Pixiu. Soon after Zhang Pixiu beheaded the monk Greenqin, he left the Twist army and returned to his hometown of Zhanglou Village, Woyang County, Anhui Province, where he used the looted silver to buy a farmhouse and marry and have children. Later, he opened a workshop in the local area, and lived on winemaking, grain sales, and oil sales, and his life was quite good. Zhang Pixiu knew that the Qing court was taking the murderer of the monk Greenqin, so he never dared to tell anyone about his "glorious" history, until he was drunk and exposed.
In the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873), although it had been eight years since the death of the monk Gelinqin, Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, was still relentlessly searching for the murderer and sent a large number of spies to spy on intelligence in the Huaibei area. It is said that one day, the secret agent sneaked into Zhang Lou Village to inquire about intelligence, and happened to be in Zhang Pixiu's wine shop, and when he heard him talk to his friends after he was drunk about the past of killing the monk king, he immediately reinstated his superiors. After Ding Baozhen received the news, he immediately sent someone to arrest Zhang Pixiu and escort him to Jinan.
Zhang Pixiu wanted to deny it, insisting that he was bragging at the time, but when Ding Baozhen showed him the monk Wang Chao zhu found from his home, Zhang Pixiu could only confess from the truth. After the Qing court saw Zhang Pixiu's confession, it ordered that he be sentenced to death. In the same year, Zhang Pixiu was executed by Ling Chi in Jinan at the age of 24.