Li Dingguo was Zhang's adopted son, from peasant rebel army to the staunchest anti-Qing national hero in Fuming. This turning point is a legend in itself. Fighting bravely can be said to be repeated victories. As a peasant uprising army, I went to Sichuan to shoot General Ming, break Xiangyang, capture the king of Xiangyang, and force Yang, a cabinet university student? Often committed suicide, and has since been called "the enemy of ten thousand people." After Zhang's defeat, the Qing soldiers turned to support the last emperor of Nanming and forced the Qing court to commit suicide by conquering Guilin for Nanming. In the fierce battle in Hengyang, he personally killed a prince. * * * wiped out hundreds of thousands of enemy troops and once recovered two states and thirteen counties. The governor of Guangxi, who frightened the Qing government, dared not take office. The siege of Guangdong for half a year forced the Qing rations to eat people. Unfortunately, no matter how brave and good at fighting, the enemy can't compete with the internal friction of the regime of Nanming. Embarrassed at home and abroad, Li Dingguo followed the defeated emperor Li Yong to retreat to the southwest. He also laid three ambushes, laid mines and ambushed Wu Sangui's pursuers in Mopanshan, Tengchong. In the case of the traitor's informer, the ambush turned into bloody hand-to-hand combat, still defeated Wu Sangui miserably, repelled the pursuers and killed N soldiers. After three years of fighting in the jungle of Yunnan and Myanmar, the Qing army and the Burmese natives have never lost. Hundreds of riders defeated tens of thousands of Burmese troops who wanted to fish in troubled waters. The Burmese people have been in awe of Li Dingguo ever since. In the novel, Li Dingguo is finally betrayed by a war-weary man and killed by a trick for the Qing army, the local Hamer people and the Burmese army. Although historical facts show that Li Dingguo died of illness, he warned his children before he died that he would rather die in the wild than surrender. But his loneliness and persistence are similar to those in the novel. In the Ming Dynasty, even though Emperor Li Yong fled to Myanmar alone, when the people of the Ming Dynasty surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Li Dingguo always maintained a strong will to fight alone. He resisted the Qing Dynasty until his death.
I'm curious about his psychological process from a peasant uprising army in the Ming Dynasty to a famous anti-Qing army in the Ming Dynasty. His anti-Qing stance is firmer than that of regular employees in the Ming Dynasty system. Is it a feeling for the Nanming court? I don't think so. With the face and charm of Nanming government, it is not enough to inspire Li Dingguo's loyalty. This should be a struggle against the common enemy of different nationalities. When most Han people give in, someone must insist on saving some blood and hope for them. As my friend Zhu Huaisu said, "Li Dingguo's persistence, though like a gladiator, didn't play much role. But for future generations, this persistence is a warm inheritance. "
Finally, let's go back to the beginning. Why does Li Dingguo only play down the history books and need a popular novel to popularize the missing lesson for me? As a peasant rebel, he is not respected in the official history. As an anti-Qing hero, he was deliberately obliterated by the Qing government. Due to the suppression of local ethnic minorities, it is ignored by contemporary textbooks. An anti-Qing star was almost cut into historical pieces by politically correct scissors. Thanks to Zhou Haohui's Valley of the Soul, I got to know Li Dingguo.
I'm going to read the History of the Southern Ming Dynasty recommended by Zhu Huai Su (Gu Cheng). It is predicted that reading gloomy Nanming will not be a pleasant experience, but for the sake of Li Dingguo's masculine bright color, I am also fighting for it.