Chen Liansheng (1775— 184 1 year) was born in Wuyangguan, Hefeng, Hubei. When I was young, I practiced martial arts, and young people joined the army. Take part in pacifying Sichuan-Chu-An-Baili Uprising and Hunan-Guangdong Minority Uprising.
1939 65438+ 10, Governor Lin Zexu of Huguang was ordered by an imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking, accompanied by Chen Liansheng and his son. In July, three China Navy patrol boats were cruising in Kowloon when they were suddenly attacked by the British fleet. Chen Liansheng ordered artillery support and fought for more than 10 hours. The British suffered heavy casualties. 1 The brig was sunk and the rest fled.
Daoguang Emperor was very happy and made a decree to reward Chen Liansheng for being promoted to deputy commander of Sanjiang Guild and guarding Shajiao Castle, the first pass in Humen.
Shajiaobao site
1840 In August, the British ship was frustrated again, so it went north to capture Dinghai, Zhejiang and harassed Tianjin. The Qing court panicked, dismissed Lin Zexu, and sent the governor of Zhili, Qishan, to make peace with the south. After Qishan arrived in Guangzhou, he accused Chen Liansheng of "making trouble in the frontier" and wanted to punish foreigners to please them. This news aroused the indignation of the soldiers and civilians in Guangdong, and thousands of people spontaneously went to the poor drinking government to petition.
Qishan was forced to take it back. However, it was still ordered that the British army should not be fired without authorization. It also forcibly dismantled all rafts, reduced one-third of warships and dismissed boatmen, which weakened the combat effectiveness of Chen Liansheng's troops in all aspects.
Hong Kong people smoked opium in Qing Dynasty.
184110/On October 7, Qishan repeatedly "negotiated" with the British side while commanding more than 20 warships to attack Shajiao and Dajiaobao, the gateway of Humen. Chen Liansheng directed the counterattack and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again. The British army failed in the frontal attack, leading the way with traitors and secretly crossing the back hill to attack. Although the Qing army was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, it was not afraid. Chen Liansheng led more than 600 battery defenders to fight bloody battles and suffered heavy casualties. When the gunpowder was exhausted, the British army took advantage of the weakness to attack.
Chen Liansheng pulled out his broadsword and rushed into the enemy line. The soldiers followed Chen in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In hand-to-hand combat, Chen Liansheng was unfortunately shot and died heroically. When Chen Changpeng saw his father killed, he was very angry and cried. He rushed into the enemy group and cut several enemies. 10 was injured in many places and finally died in the sea.
The British army specially sent troops to find the body of General Chen Liansheng, brutally chopped it up and threw it into the sea. Legend has it that his mount Huang Sima was brought to Hong Kong by the British. Later, the horse was heartbroken and died of hunger strike far from the mainland. At that time, people called it "Ma Jie".
"No Smoking in Humen" Monument to the People's Heroes
Chen Liansheng became the first minority general who died for his country in modern times, and also the first general who died for his country in the Opium War.
Only 14 days after Chen Liansheng's heroic sacrifice, Qishan drafted the Treaty of Nose Perforation with the British side, and Hong Kong Island was ceded to the British side with compensation of 6 million yuan.
Then the British army went all the way north, and generals such as Guan Tianpei, Ge and Chen Huacheng were martyred one after another. 1842 in August, the Qing government and Britain signed the first unequal treaty "treaty of nanking" in the history of China, from which the people of China entered a deep disaster. ......