The Scholar Raises an Army

2026-01-08 08:50

In history, there were many examples of scholars raising an army. For example, Xin Qiji of the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Jin Dynasty invaded the south, the 21-year-old Xin Qiji recruited 2000 strong men to join the great cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty. He also left behind the deeds of bravely killing Yiduan and taking the head of the rebel general in the thousand army array. He wrote many times to resist the Jin Dynasty and offered ten thousand words to pacify the Rong Dynasty. However, the atmosphere of the Southern Song Dynasty's court was pervaded and his ambition was not fulfilled. Xie Ai of the former Liang was a Confucian scholar. He served as a civil official before joining the army. He was recommended to the former Liang monarch and began his military career after he advocated for Zhonghua. He was both civil and military. He defeated the Later Zhao army three times with fewer people and finally forced Shi Hu to give up his attempt to destroy the former Liang. However, he was demoted and later killed because he was framed by jealousy. Nanliang's Chen Qingzhi began to lead the army in his middle age. At the age of 41, he led 7000 white robed soldiers to the northern expedition. He had not lost a single battle, captured 32 cities, and occupied the Northern Wei's capital, Luoyang. When he retreated, he was able to calmly retreat to the south while being surrounded by the Northern Wei's 500,000 strong army. Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty became the top scholar in the Jinshi examination. Later, he held many official positions. He was dismissed because he ridiculed Jia Sidao, the prime minister. When the Yuan army went east along the Yangtze River, he spent all his money to recruit soldiers to help the king. He led his troops to fight with the Yuan army several times, and was finally captured by the Yuan army because he was alone. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan was born into an official family and had been elected as a scholar. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the invasion of the Qing army, he resolutely threw his pen into the army and raised the flag of righteousness to recruit righteous men. He became an important anti-Qing force in the southeast region. He led the army to the north three times and cooperated with Zheng Chenggong in the battle, but failed because of Zheng Chenggong's wrong decision. Later, he continued to fight against the Qing army in various places, but in the end, he was outnumbered. There was also Huang Chao. He was well-educated, but he was dissatisfied with the imperial court after failing the imperial examination. He took advantage of the peasant uprising and killed many noble families after conquering Chang 'an. However, he connived at his subordinates to kill civilians as military rations, and finally lost. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan was dissatisfied with the Qing court after failing several times. He used God to teach him to rebel. Although his military ability was not high, he relied on others to participate in the uprising war. Zeng Guofan went out of the mountain to organize a regiment to fight against the Taiping Army, changing the gentleness of scholars. The novel "The General's Promotion" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!