Patriotic hero Qi Jiguang.

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

Qi Jiguang was a famous patriotic general in Ming Dynasty. Born in Jiangmen, he was influenced by his father's education and loved the military since childhood. He is determined to be an upright and all-round soldier. At that time, the coast of China was often invaded by Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang hates the atrocities committed by Japanese pirates. At the age of sixteen, he once wrote a poem: "I don't want to be a marquis, I hope the world will be peaceful." It means that being an official is not his wish, but the peace of the motherland. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he inherited his father's footsteps and began his military career. As soon as Qi Jiguang took office, the serious problem before him was the enemy's invasion.

Japanese pirates refer to some beaten soldiers in the Japanese civil war, as well as some ronin and businessmen. 14th century At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, they often sailed pirate ships, plundered houses along the coast of China, killing people and setting fires. /kloc-In the second half of the 5th century, Japanese pirates became more and more rampant. They colluded with local tyrants and profiteers along the coast of China, and some even went deep into the mainland to capture counties. Japanese pirates have become a scourge on the southeast coast of China.

1555, due to Qi Jiguang's meritorious service in resisting Japanese invaders in Shandong, the imperial court sent him to Dinghai, Zhejiang, as a navy division, and Dinghai was the center of Japanese activities. Qi Jiguang organized an army of farmers and miners. He also created a kind of "mandarin duck array" based on the characteristics that there are many swamps in southern China and the enemy is used to fighting with heavy arrows and spears, which is a combination of short-distance hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In the battle, Qi Jiguang's army first used firearms and bows and arrows as a cover. The enemy fired firearms within 100 step, and fired bows and arrows within 60 steps. If the enemy enters again, he will kill it with a "mandarin duck array".

This new army of more than 4,000 people, after strict training by Qi Jiguang, is proficient in tactics and strict in military discipline. He won many battles and was deeply loved by the people. The people call this army "Qijiajun".

156 1 year, thousands of Japanese pirates, driving more than 100 warships, invaded Taizhou, Zhejiang on a large scale. When Qi Jiajun heard the news, he quickly met the enemy and won nine battles in Taizhou, destroying the enemy. From then on, the enemy was frightened. Because of his bravery and outstanding exploits, Qi Jiguang was quickly promoted and transferred to Fujian.

With the concerted efforts of generals such as Qi Jiguang and Qi Xin, the Anti-Japanese War won successively, and the coastal areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian became increasingly stable and the economy gradually prospered. Qi Jiguang made outstanding historical achievements in the war against Japanese invaders, and won the praise of the people at that time and even later generations.

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