Stories of Chinese Patriotic Heroes

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Patriotic hero Qi Jiguang

In Yushan, Fujian, China, there is a Qi Gong Temple. Tourists often come to pay homage to the statue of the patriotic hero Qi Jiguang and remember his achievements in fighting against Japanese pirates.

Qi Jiguang was a famous patriotic general in the Ming Dynasty. He was born in a general and was influenced by his father's education. He loved military affairs since he was a child and determined to be an upright and versatile soldier. At that time, China's coasts were often intruded by Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang hated the atrocities committed by Japanese pirates. When he was 16 years old, he once wrote a poem: "I don't want to be crowned a marquis, but I hope the sea will be peaceful." This means that becoming an official is not what I want. It's not his wish, his wish is peace on the motherland's coast. At the age of 17, he inherited his father's position and began his military career. As soon as Qi Jiguang took office, the serious problem before him was the infestation of Japanese pirates.

Japanese pirates refer to some of the defeated soldiers in the Japanese civil war, as well as some ronin and businessmen. From the late Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty in the 14th century, they often drove pirate ships, looted homes, killed people and set fires along the coast of China. . In the second half of the 15th century, Japanese pirates became more and more rampant. They colluded with local tyrants and profiteers in China's coastal areas. Some even went deep into the inland and captured prefectures and counties. Japanese pirates became a major scourge on China's southeastern coast.

In 1555, because Qi Jiguang was effective in fighting Japanese pirates in Shandong, the imperial court sent him to Zhejiang and appointed him as General Sea Cucumber. This was the center of Japanese pirate activities. Qi Jiguang organized a group composed of farmers and miners. army. He also created a "Mandarin Duck Formation" based on the characteristics of the swamps in southern China and the Japanese pirates' habit of fighting with heavy arrows and spears, which was a combat combination for short-distance hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. During the battle, Qi Jiguang's army first used firearms, bows and arrows as cover. When the enemy entered within a hundred steps, they fired firearms, and when they entered within 60 steps, they fired bows and arrows. If the enemy advanced again, they used the "Mandarin Duck Formation" to charge and kill them.

This new army of more than 4,000 people has been rigorously trained by Qi Jiguang. It is proficient in warfare and has strict military discipline. It has won many battles and is deeply loved by the people. The people call this army " Qi Jiajun".

In 1561, thousands of Japanese pirates, driving more than 100 warships, invaded the Taizhou area of ????Zhejiang Province. After hearing the news, the Qi family army quickly met the enemy, winning nine battles in the Taizhou area and annihilating the enemy. From then on, the Japanese pirates became frightened. Because of Qi Jiguang's bravery and outstanding military exploits, he was quickly promoted and moved to Fujian.

With the joint efforts of Qi Jiguang and other generals, the anti-Japanese war was victorious. Coastal areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian became increasingly stable and their economies gradually prospered. Qi Jiguang made outstanding historical achievements in the anti-Japanese war and won praise from the people at that time and even later generations.

Lin Zexu’s destruction of cigarettes in Humen shows the strong determination of the Chinese nation to resist foreign aggression.