According to the description of the work, He Tengjiao's life experience is very bumpy, and he has experienced ups and downs in foreign countries for many years. He was originally from Liping, Guizhou Province. During the Chongzhen period, he served as the magistrate of Nanyang and made remarkable achievements in fighting bandits in the local area. It is said that during his tenure as magistrate of a county, Nanyang bandits were all carved from the roots, and they were especially peaceful, so He Tengjiao was quite famous in the local area.
In A.D. 1645, the Manchu army was ready to move outside the customs, and it had the tendency to invade the Ming Dynasty in the south. So He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang, joined forces with the peasant army in the former headquarters of Li Zicheng to defend the Qing army and defend the country. This may be the most brilliant period in He Tengjiao's life story.
Because the Qing army was stronger than Mazhuang, and the coordination between local forces in the Ming Dynasty was not in place, the resistance was very hard. In A.D. 1647, the sweeping Qing army captured several important towns in Hunan, but He Tengjiao suffered heavy losses, so he led his troops back to Guangxi, guarding the whole state and repelling the chasing Qing army with all his strength, and achieved a temporary victory. Although this battle was won, it was a disastrous victory, because after this battle, the troops were weakened and it was impossible to fight again in a short time, but the large forces of the Qing army followed, and the situation was very critical.
Sure enough, shortly after this, the Qing army made a comeback, and He Tengjiao's army was once again struggling.
In A.D. 1648, He Tengjiao once again cooperated with friendly forces to launch a counterattack and recovered most of Hunan. Unexpectedly, at this time, there was a morale within the army, and some soldiers became increasingly war-weary. He Tengjiao did not improve and eliminate this hidden danger in time, so when the army and the Qing army fought again in Xiangtan, He Tengjiao was finally defeated and captured, and was later killed in Changsha.