Brief introduction of Yang Fang, the first famous soldier in the late Qing Dynasty.

Yang Fang (1770- 1846), also known as Tong Kui, was born in Songtao Hall, Guizhou Province (now Songtao Miao Autonomous County), a famous soldier in the late Qing Dynasty and the first person in Hou Feng, Guizhou Province.

The life of the character

Early experience

From a poor family, I like reading and practicing martial arts hard, so I joined the ranks and served as the general manager of Zhenyuan Town.

In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), the Miao uprising in Hunan and Guizhou led by Shi and Wu was suppressed in August and was promoted to the garrison of Taigong.

Suppress the white lotus uprising

In the third year of Jiaqing (1798), he fought against An Baili Uprising with Er Dengbao, and was a pioneer in all previous battles. Defeated Zhang in Nanzhang, enjoyed wearing Hualing, then entered Sichuan with the army and captured Luo Qiqing in Bazhou (now Bazhong, Sichuan).

In the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), he successively served as a guerrilla in the plain and Xiajiangying.

In the fifth year of Jiaqing (1800), he entered Gansu with the army and was promoted to supervise the war between Guangdong and Guangxi. In April, Yang and Zhang Tianlun were stopped, and 600 troops were beheaded. They won the title of "Brave Batulu" for their work. In July, he was promoted to vice president of Guangxi Xintai Association. In August, Wu suffered a series of defeats in Chengxian and Jizhou, and his performance from the front was appreciated by Emperor Jiaqing. In the sixth year of Jiaqing (180 1), he was promoted to the general commander of Ningshan Town, Shaanxi Province.

Encounter setbacks

At the beginning of the 11th year of Jiaqing (1806), Guyuan was transferred as the prefect, and Yang Zhizhen, the lieutenant, succeeded him, which caused a mutiny in the army. Yang Fang himself surrendered to the rebel leader Pu Dafang. The imperial edict punished him and sent him to the frontier, thanks to Delong's efforts to protect him. In the 12th year of Jiaqing (1807), he was released in order to be on the defensive.

In the 13th year of Jiaqing (1808), the Peach Club was replenished. In the fifteenth year of Jiaqing (18 10), in March, he was given three items of high hat and transferred to the company commander of Guangdong Friendship Town. 10, transferred to Xi 'an Town, Shaanxi Province as company commander. In the 16th year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), a brief introduction of De Lengtai, Ding Muyou.

In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing (18 13), he worked in Que, supplemented the company commanders in Hebei Town, Henan Province, and sealed off the guards and restored the company commanders in An Town after that delay and actively suppressed the Tianjin uprising.

In the twentieth year of Jiaqing (18 15), he was promoted to be the magistrate of Gansu. In the first year of Daoguang (1820), he was transferred to the governor of Zhili. Daoguang three years (1823), transferred to Hunan magistrate. Daoguang five years (1825), transferred to Guyuan magistrate.

When the Opium War broke out, Yang Fang went to Guangdong with Counselor Yi Shan to meet the enemy, and used the Yinmen array to fight against the British warship De Lengtai. The introduction was laughed at by people at that time and later generations, leaving a laughing stock throughout the ages. After failure, fear the enemy and the Lord. Later, he returned to Hunan and became a magistrate.

From the 19th year of Jiaqing (18 14) to the 18th year of Daoguang, he traveled to Gansu, Hunan, Zhili, Guyuan, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces. In February of the seventh year of Daoguang (1827), Yang Fang was ordered to lead an army of 40,000, together with Yang Wei's general Changling and his counselor Yang Yuchun, to quell the rebellion in Zhang Geer and capture Zhang Geer alive. He was overjoyed, and made a decree to announce the Chinese and foreign countries, making him a third-class Guo Yong Hou, giving him a purple rein, rewarding his eyes with peacock feathers, being promoted to a Royal Guards, and adding the title of Prince Taibao as a picturesque purple pavilion. In the ninth year of Daoguang (1829), * * * went to Beijing and Daoguang summoned him for more than 20 times. Second-class Hou and Taizi Tai were allowed to ride horses in the Forbidden City. In the 10th year of Daoguang (1830), Yang Fang celebrated his 60th birthday. Daoguang personally inscribed the plaque "Appreciating Immortal Xi Xian" and gave him the word "Blessed Life". In the 13th year of Daoguang (1833), when Yang Fang was the magistrate of Sichuan, he resorted to complaints and repression.

At the same time, he suppressed the Yi uprising in Qingxi, Yuexi and other places in Sichuan, and was awarded the first rank by Jin. The following year, due to the Yi people's uprising again, the situation expanded and was reduced to the second class, and the company commanders were transferred to Gansu to make up for it. The unhappy Yang Fang stayed in the mansion, sorted out his poems and notes written over the years, wrote down Guo's chronicle and memoirs, and concentrated on his 40-year anti-Japanese war experience. In the 15th year of Daoguang (1835), Yang Fang was 65 years old and was allowed to retire due to illness. In the 16th year of Daoguang (1836), Hunan Town mutinied and Daoguang Emperor was re-opened. In June of the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), the first opium war occurred in China's modern history. In the first month of the following year, Daoguang declared war on Britain and appointed Yang Fang and Long Wen as advisers to send troops to Guangzhou to fight against the British army. Before coming to Guangdong, he was the prefect of Hunan and was going to Beijing for training. He arrived in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province, was appointed by the Counsellor in February 12, and immediately went south. Later, due to the corruption of the Qing court, Yang Fang was deeply saddened by the unequal treaties in Guangzhou, and stayed in Guangzhou to continue to manage military affairs. In June, he rode out of the city to inspect the camp, accidentally lost his horse and fell down, and was seriously ill in bed. Daoguang Emperor thought that he could not rest in peace in Guangzhou and approved him to go back to Hunan as a magistrate for treatment. In the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), Yang Fang retired from Hunan and still received full salary. Twenty-six years (1846), he died in the home of Songtao Tutun, and was given a shirt according to the example of the magistrate. posthumous title was diligent and brave.

The genealogy of Shuangliu compiled by Liu Yuan, a Qing dynasty, includes two articles: Epitaph of Peng Ruren and Liu Zhi Tang.

Prince Taifu Guo Yonghou Yang Fangdou calligraphy tiger character.

Writing a book and making a statement is quite successful. Although Yang Fang has been a military commander for fifty years, he is also good at writing calligraphy and painting. He became friends with famous writers and poets at that time, such as Gong Zizhen, Wei Yuan, Zhang Qi and Vae, and gave each other poems and couplets. He is the author of Chronicle of Guo Yonghou, Ten Records of Pingping, Five Notes on the Western Expedition, and 730 five-character poems. Zeng Shu's Heaven, Rites and Music is seven words and three thousand words, while Guo Hai Kun Peng is 90,000-strong. The Guizhou Provincial Museum has Yang Fang's Letter to Eshan. He can draw bamboo, and there are ink drawings handed down from generation to generation. He Changling, the governor of Guizhou in the light years of Qing Dynasty, praised Yang Fang as a "wonder on earth" with "wizards, adventures and wonders", and he was also called "the three wonders of Guizhou". Yang Fang is known as "a gifted scholar with different talents, both civil and military".

Yang Fang's life is full of legends and controversies: at the age of 65, he joined the army at the age of 438+06 and retired at the age of 73. He has fought many battles and galloped tens of thousands of miles; Outstanding military achievements, scarred, three ups and downs, bumpy career.