What historical figures have appeared in your hometown?

My hometown is Xihe County, Gansu Province. It is a little-known small county with many figures in history. Let me talk about a historical figure that I know and understand.

Xihe Yunhua Mountain

This historical figure is Chen Yin, the county god. Chen Yin, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, was the son of Chen Xian who was waiting to be made in Baomo Pavilion. He was a Jinshi in Qiansi Lianggong. Because his father had made great contributions to the court, he was given an official position. He served successively as county magistrate and state magistrate. During the Baoqing period of Song Dynasty, he was the magistrate of Xihe. Xihe Prefecture is a border fortress, located at the junction of Shu and Long. When northern troops entered Sichuan, Xihe was the first to bear the brunt. In the short fifteen years from the second year of Kaixi (1206) to the thirteenth year of Jiading (1220), the Jin soldiers invaded Xihe Prefecture southward as many as 16 times. After the war against the Jin Dynasty was basically over, the Mongolian soldiers followed in the footsteps of the Jin Dynasty and invaded the south. Soldiers and disasters followed each other, people were in ruins, and their vitality was exhausted. In this situation, let Chen Yin know Xihe Prefecture.

In the first year of Duanping (1234), Lizong of the Song Dynasty, shortly after Chen Yin took office, 100,000 Mongolian soldiers invaded Xihe Prefecture again. At that time, the governor of the state capital came in and out to defend Da'an. Only the commander Wang Rui and more than a thousand volunteers and rural soldiers recruited to defend the city. Chen Yin vowed to defend the city with the people in the city. At first, the families of the sergeants who guarded the city stayed in the city, and the morale of the soldiers was still stable. Soon, the war became increasingly tense, and their families fled out of the city one after another, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers and civilians who defended the city gradually declined. Chen Yin left his family members in the city, and then distributed his accumulated wealth to the loyal people who were determined to defend the city, determined to work with them to fight for the survival of the city. The Mongolian army used surrender troops as a vanguard and gathered a hundred thousand troops to attack the southeast gate of the city. Chen Yin immediately wrote an appeal against the enemy, informed the soldiers and the people, and went to the city in person to hold flags and beat drums to motivate the soldiers and boost their fighting spirit. He launched a fierce battle with the Mongolian army, with arrows raining down like rain, and the sound of killings shaking the ground. The battle continued until dark , repelled the Mongolian attack. At dawn the next day, the Mongolian army increased its strength and attacked the city more fiercely. Chen Yin led loyal soldiers and soldiers and soldiers who dared to die to fight the Mongolian army. From morning to late at night, after dozens of rounds of bloody battles, the Mongolian army was defeated. Unwilling to be defeated, the Mongolian soldiers added hundreds of thousands of troops and cut down trees to build ladders for attacking the city. They came back with an attack. The enemy was outnumbered and the situation was critical. However, He Jin had a rift with Chen Yin and kept his troops stationary for some reason. Chen Yin had no choice but to ask for help. It took a long time for the Production and Construction Department to send Liu Rui and the loyal Chen Li to rescue. The generals in other states and counties were jealous of Chen Yin and took a wait-and-see attitude and refused to send troops. When Liu Rui arrived at Qifangguan (today's Huixian County) and before he reached Qiuchi, he reported to his superiors that the road to Qiuchi was blocked and he could not stop. Yin led the local soldiers and righteous soldiers to fight hard day and night. In the end, due to the lack of reinforcements, they were outnumbered and allowed the northern soldiers to break through the prefecture city. Chen Yin returned to his mansion. He explained to the family members his determination to die for the country and asked his wife Du Shi to try to escape, but Du Shi refused and immediately climbed to the high castle and drank poison and died. Two sons and daughter-in-law also died beside Du at the same time. Chen Yin endured the grief, collected the bodies, and burned them in a fire. He took off his military robe and put on his court uniform, climbed up to the battle tower, set up an incense burner and bowed to the south in the evening. With tears streaming down his face, he cried and said: "I first planned to defend this city as a fence for Shu. If the city does not survive, I will die." . I will not betray my country! I will not betray my country!" He bowed to the south and committed suicide with his sword. He died heroically. Twenty-eight staff members were among the deceased. Chen Yin's other son arrived shortly afterwards and was also about to commit suicide. He was hugged by a sergeant and said, "Don't leave a loyal minister without an heir." So he and Chen Yin jumped on a rope from the top of the city. Unfortunately, his foot bones were broken and he was killed by the enemy. Killed. When the Zhizhi envoy heard the news, he reported it to the imperial court. The emperor issued an edict and specially presented it to Chen Yin, the court council official, and Zuo Wendian to compile it. He paid three thousand coins to be sacrificed in Xihe State Temple. Later, the imperial court posthumously awarded him the posthumous title of Huawen Pavilion to be made, and the posthumous title of Xiangjie.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu granted city gods to all parts of the country. Chen Yin was granted the title of City God of Xihe Prefecture, and his title was "Zhonglie Hou". The Xihe City God Temple is also known as the "Zhonglie Temple". Although Chen Gong passed away, his heroic spirit will live on forever. During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to inspire national integrity and promote patriotism, local people compiled a large-scale Qin Opera script "National Soul" at the initiative of the then county magistrate Wang Hanjie, which was well received by the audience and also made Chen Yin's heroic deeds are more widely known to the public. Nowadays, as the city god, Mr. Chen protects the peace of the country. His loyalty, courage, and righteousness will always inspire future generations. If you live and die for the benefit of the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings?