During the first Opium War, a group of thieves recovered Ningbo City.

The late Qing Dynasty was the most humiliating era in China. In this period of history, many national heroes have emerged-not only civilian military commanders and chivalrous men, but also many ordinary people and people ... During the first Opium War, there was an episode that made people feel ridiculous! 184 1 year, in August of the 21st year of Daoguang, the British captured Ningbo. The Qing court appointed Yijing as a general and ordered him to recover lost ground from the British army. I am afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and I dare not move forward in Hangzhou. The vanguard is stationed in Shaoxing, and Shu Zhen, commander of Yinxian County, is also in the army. One day, the sergeant caught a spy. The trial showed that the spy was a famous local thief named Bao Xu. This Bao Xu has been stealing for a living since he was a child. Later, he slowly gathered a gang of about 60 people. Gangs commit crimes with a clear division of labor, and local people suffer greatly. At that time, it was an eventful autumn, and the government was overwhelmed with these small thefts, and most of them turned a blind eye. Bao Xu and his associates are just trying to survive, but they can also be called "petty thieves" poor people! In order to seize the initiative on the battlefield, the British army bribed these thugs, thieves and rogues to spy on their information. This Bao Xu and his associates also joined in. Knowing this, Shumou ordered the soldiers to untie Bao Xu and politely persuaded him: You are from China, how can you help foreign devils hurt their compatriots? Isn't it money? You're stealing anyway. You tell your partner that if you can steal the foreign devil's head, I will tell the general, and I promise there will be a big reward! Bao Xu is not bad-hearted. Who will be a traitor if he doesn't make a living? The moment is very happy to agree. The next day, I took a foreign devil's head to report merit. Shumou led him to see the Book of Changes as a reward. I am so happy-I have no record, so I am here. Bao Xu has now been rewarded. And told him that as long as it is the head of a foreign devil, no matter how many, it will be rewarded by a star. How much is the black head? White's head is double (there were many black soldiers in the British army at that time), and if it is captured alive, it will be turned over several times ...-This Yijing dare not fight, and started a business of buying foreigners' heads! Not to mention, the effect is really effective. There are more than 60 gangs in Bao Xu, who specialize in stealing foreign devils' heads. At that time, the British made chickens fly and dogs jump, and people were frightened ... The British patrolled the streets at night, usually in pairs. Two people talking and laughing while walking, suddenly there was no sound behind them. The person in front looked back and saw that the head of the person behind had disappeared and the body was thrown down. The person in front was shocked, only to feel that his neck was cold and his head had moved. Some British troops were even beheaded in the street in broad daylight-walking in the street asking for directions or something. As soon as they approached, a sharp knife suddenly stabbed them, then cut off their heads and disappeared in an instant! The skills of these thieves are really not built. Some British troops were harvested while patrolling the city in Chengtou. British troops patrol the city head day and night. Bao Xu and his accomplices are hiding under the city wall, and they make strange noises when they hear someone passing by. This made the British soldiers bow their heads and visit the city wall. At this moment, the thief threw a long rope with a ring on it. Huan accurately caught the British soldiers, then dragged them down the city head and blocked them again. At first, other British soldiers thought they fell down by accident. Someone came to help the fallen man. Looking down, another noose flew and this one fell. Some British soldiers saw these thieves cut off their heads and chased them. But after chasing a few streets, people disappeared. When I turn around, my neck hurts and my head falls off! These thieves come and go like the wind, with a large number, tacit cooperation and wisdom. Let these British soldiers feel insecure and always live in fear! With more and more people offering their heads, the Book of Changes issued a reward: if you can steal the head of an official foreign devil, a top100; If you can catch a live official, you will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and three official products! There is a reward here, and everyone jumps for joy. But it was soon discovered that the heads of these officials were not easy to steal. Because officials usually don't come out at night, they are surrounded by soldiers when they come out during the day, and there is no chance to start work. Think about his residence, which is not only heavily guarded, but also frequently changed. Getting an officer is not as fast as getting a hundred soldiers, so soon everyone is still staring at the soldiers. British troops lose their heads every day in Ningbo, often dozens, sometimes more than a hundred a day. In desperation, the British army had to quit Ningbo and go to warships. Here, Yijing reported that the thief had sacrificed his head for his own merits, and later reported that he had recovered Ningbo's good news. At that time, Xu Shidong gave a detailed account of this in The Thief's Head. Moreover, at that time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were all word of mouth, and everyone talked about it. Everyone boasted that the number of thieves and soldiers could reach tens of thousands, and flatterers called it a coup of Yi's adult. Ha ha, tens of thousands of troops have earned dozens of thieves, which really makes people laugh and cry! I ching's move is obviously opportunistic and enjoys the success. The thieves in Bao Xu have also washed away the stigma of traitors and thieves, and become chivalrous men who are relished by the upper and lower classes. Just a drop in the ocean, but you can't win the battle! -But if all the people in China did what the thieves in Bao Xu did at that time, would history be rewritten? Unfortunately, there are no ifs in history. People like I Ching have been nailed to the shame column of history, but the brilliance of Bao Xu and others will shine with the sun and the moon! Article source: Three Records of Lang Qian by Chen Qing Kang Qi.