Looking back at the ten real female generals in Chinese history, how many do you know?

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-07

The first, a good woman, one of the more than 60 wives of Shang King Wuding, she is also the first female military commander in Chinese history documented, and she is a female general who is good at fighting, she has led her troops to conquer many surrounding countries, which is rare in history. It is precisely because of the women's good that our race and civilization have not been invaded by foreign invaders and have been preserved, and we have become the only nation among the four ancient civilizations that has stood to this day.

The second, Empress Mao, the wife of Emperor Gao Deng of the former Qin, once assisted Emperor Gao to fight against the Later Qin, Empress Mao has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she is a brave general who leads troops to fight, especially good at riding and shooting. In 389 B.C., the Later Qin lord Yao Chang attacked the Great Realm, and Empress Mao led his troops and Fu Deng to defeat the Later Qin army before and after, capturing more than 20,000 people.

The third, Xun Guan, the daughter of Xun Song, the general of Pingnan in the Jin Dynasty, once led the troops to break through the siege to save her father, in 315 BC, Du Zeng led 10,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Wancheng, and Xun Song, the general who held Wancheng, wanted to send people out of the city for help. Xun Guan, who was 13 years old at the time, took the initiative to ask Ying to lead more than a dozen warriors through Du Zeng's encirclement, ask for reinforcements, rescue Wancheng, and repel Du Zeng's army.

Fourth, Liang Hongyu, Han Shizhong's wife, has led the troops to fight against the Jin soldiers many times, quelled the Miao Fu rebellion, in 1130, in the battle of Huang Tiandang, she and her husband Han Shizhong jointly commanded the battle, the Jin army was blocked on the south bank of the Yangtze River for 48 days, and since then it has been famous all over the world.

Fifth, Mrs. Xian, the wife of Gao Liang Taishou Feng Bao, had assisted her husband to quell the rebellion in Guangdong, in 550 AD, Gaozhou assassin Shi Li Qianshi conspiracy rebellion, known as Hou Jing's rebellion, Mrs. Xian led troops to attack Li Qianshi's rebels, and the governor Chen Ba joined forces, and finally quelled the rebellion in Guangdong. He was praised as 'the first female hero in Chinese history'.

Sixth, Yang Miaozhen, the sister of Yang An'er, the leader of the Red Jacket Army, assisted his son to become the largest marquis of the Han army in Mengyuan, and made great achievements in defending against foreign enemies. After Yang An'er died in battle, Yang Miaozhen became the leader of the rebel army at that time with her cunning fighting style and invincible pear flower marksmanship, and the rebel army led by her and her husband Li Quan became a powerful force in the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin Dynasty.

Seventh, Qin Liangyu, the wife of the general of the Ming Dynasty, she is the only female general who has been crowned a marquis by virtue of her military exploits, she has been fighting horses for more than 40 years in her life, and has fought inside and outside the Great Wall, north and south of the river, and has personally led 3,000 elite soldiers to the north, guarding Shanhaiguan, becoming the only woman hero in Chinese history who is recorded in the official history alone.

The eighth, Princess Pingyang Zhao, the third daughter of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, established the Tang Dynasty for her father, with tens of thousands of troops and a powerful Guanzhong. In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, she led the "Women's Army" to make meritorious contributions and jointly conquered Chang'an with Li Shimin. The famous pass Niangzi Pass was named after the women's army she led. She is also the only woman in feudal Chinese history to adopt military rites for funeral.

Ninth, Yang Zhaoqiu, a female general of the Southern Song Dynasty against Mongolia, during the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty was invaded by the Mongols, and Yang Zhaoqiu led the regimental training of Sichuan to bravely resist the Mongolian iron cavalry.

The tenth place, Tang Sai'er, the leader of the White Lotus Sect. In March 1420, Tang Sai'er led thousands of people to launch an uprising in Yidu's stone shed, and in the face of the suppression of the officers and soldiers, Tang Sai'er led the crowd to successfully defeat the enemy army, killed Shi Gaofeng, the commander of the Qingzhou Guard, and refused to be appeased by Sun Gong, a thousand households in Juzhou.

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