Beishan village of Beishan story - uprising leader Tieshan Xu Amei

There was a man in Beishan Village, at the foot of Tieshan, Puning, Chaoshan, who was thirty years old, tall, intelligent, and skilled in literature and martial arts. Later, he was the leader of the peasant uprising in Puning at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the villagers live in hardship, disaster, Xu A Mei in the farming, only with his brother, in front of the village of Lianjiang Hui Han Wei ferry, make ends meet.

One day, a neighboring county Sun, with three attendants, want to transition to Puning City. At that time, the flood season, the water current is rapid, the flood peak rolled. Xu Amei boat stops by the river, see this group of weekdays to bully the guy, the heart is very disgusted. Standing in the bow, want to ignore said: "four to transition, ferry money to - a light ocean!" Sun usually ride is free of money ferry, today see A Mei this reckless, the heart suddenly fire, raised his cane to hit, but the eyeballs turn, the plan came to mind, and then modified the smile and said: "one on one it!" Said step off the boat. Boat rowed to the half-river, Xu Amei proposed to collect money first, Sun said with a smile on his face, "the river is not too late to return you." See A Mei without saying a word, the boat pole to the water a little, like a bird of prey, like a bird of prey, leaping over his brother's boat. The ferry carrying Mr. Sun, in the waves of the bumps, scared Mr. Sun's face like dirt. There is a self-knowledge of the water in the entourage, they jumped into the river fixed boat, not jumping and so on, - jumped down to the waves will be rolled into the fishermen set up "fish grits" (fish nest), clothes were thorns hooked, want to get rid of the hooks but hooks tighter and tighter, and can not get on the swim and can not swim, called his father and mother called for help, no one cares. The ferry sitting outside, lurching to sink, scared to call for help a "give you two silver ......" At this time, both sides of the poor people waiting for the transition, all clapping their hands and laughing, yelling: "Sinking ah! Sink ah!"　　Amei looked at the fabric to the overjoyed, before calling his brother to row the boat close, flying over the boat, collected the ferry gold, the boat to the other side of the shore.　　Second, cut cloth to give poor friends One year, the old calendar December 24, the north wind roared, cold. Poor people, just sent away "Zaojun", and came to the debtor forced debt, really poor people in the New Year as a pass.　　North Mountain Village tenant Xu Xuqin, the family rice urn weaving spider silk, his father is bedridden, his wife is hungry to the "big feet tube", is really miserable not to say. Being desperate, suddenly remembered the weekdays "to fight injustice, pulling the knife to help, to help the poor and needy," Mei brother, rushed to the Fai Han Wei ferry, to tell the plight of Mei. A Mei listened, one side comfort, one side took out a silver to give Xu Qin, lamented: "like you such hardship, unknown how much ah! ...... Alas, with my home, and then think of a way to go!" The two walked and talked, and came to A Mei's home. A Mei saw his wife Jiang Aden is weaving cloth, so he called up A Ying, he picked up a pair of scissors, will have been woven half of the summer cloth cut off, handed Xu Qin said: "Take it to pawn for the New Year!" Seeing this, Xuqin was at a loss for words and stood frozen, not daring to reach out. Jiang Aying, who was standing by the side, understood everything and took the cloth from her husband's hand and shoved it into Xuqin's hand, saying, "Uncle Qin, if you don't help the poor, who will have mercy on you, take it now!"　　Xu drink holding half of the summer cloth, grateful, while walking with the back of the hand to wipe the tears, towards the "Dashun pay when the" road to go ...... Third, Yangmei acquaintance One year in the first month of the year, Xu Amei and his friends and shipmates for the rich man to support the ship carrying Chisha sugar to the capital city of Chiu Chau, unloading, and loaded with ramie, ready to be transported back. After unloading the cargo, they loaded it with ramie and prepared to ship it back.　　At the Xiangzi Bridge, a wooden boat was loaded with ramie for transportation. A-Mei's wooden boat was also stacked with ramie on the outside, but there were empty compartments on the inside. This was a place where Wu Zhongshu, Lin Ting, Wu Gan, Wang Xingshun, and other friends from various counties would meet and talk. Whenever the night falls, the cabin friends whispering, knee to knee, it turns out to be brothers from all over the world, are consulting on matters of the uprising.　　One morning, a scholar suddenly ran out from the east gate of the capital city, followed by an official holding a sword. The scholar ran to the Xiangzi Bridge, and in a moment of desperation, he jumped towards A-Mei's boat and entered the pile of ramie and climbed into the cabin of the boat....... The official who was following him also jumped onto the boat, and when he was about to enter the pile of ramie, he was pushed into the pile of ramie by the resourceful A-Mei, and with a loud thump, the official even took several bundles of ramie with him and dropped them into the Han River.　　"Teaching people to fish for ramie," Xu A-Mei bluffed and jumped down to the river. At this time, only to see the struggling official, hands grasping the side of the boat, wanting to climb on board, A Mei eyes fast, hands holding up a full three hundred pounds of wet linen bundles, pretending to lift the boat on the momentum, aimed at the official slammed, ouch, the official sank in the water again, A Mei also to save the word, and then drilled into the bottom of the water, tightly holding one of the official's feet, so that he can enjoy a "full of water blessings," "After a while, A Mei, the official's feet, and the official's feet, and the official's feet, and the official's feet, and the official's feet, and the official's feet. "After a while, Amei only put the official on the boat, already half dead and half alive. At this time, there are two officials, all the ramie are searched thoroughly, but there is no sign of the scholar.　　The hemp bundles were all salvaged. Standing at the bow of the boat, Xu A-Mei questioned the officials in all seriousness, "Is this the way you arrest people? If you push all our ramie into the water, how are you going to compensate the owner of the ship?" The three officials knew that there was something wrong, but could not catch the handle, so they had to admit their own bad luck and slipped ashore with their tails tucked between their legs.　　Who do you say that scholar? It is the Chaoyang Guiyu granary, Chaozhou peasant uprising of the needle threading people one - Yang Chen Yao & lt; word Yu step, name Shunxiu), he thanked for the rescue, so he and Amei acquaintance as a good friend. That night, he rested in the boat of A-Mei's friend. Because Yang went to the city activities that day, precisely by the public security officers found, tracking and chasing, when Yang jumped into the cabin of Amei, confusion, shipmates have saved him. The next year, Yang Chenyao became the military division of the A-Mei volunteer army.　　Fourth, flying chaff fixed rent field Chao Yang County, a bureaucrat big landlord called Xiao Mianzhai, his children and grandchildren, generations enjoy the right to rent Puning, year after year forced rent, tenant farmers complained of suffering. Later, because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom revolution deterred by the prestige, the power is less than in previous years, the right to rent is shaking to lose, although often sent to collect rent minions, around the collection, sometimes, not only can not collect the rent of grain, but also together with the rent book, the deed was burned by sharecroppers, the people were tied up and thrown out of the village boundary, the wolves in a terrible situation.　　Xiao Mianzai's children and grandchildren, in order to flatter the new power of Puning, Guangxi and other places in the suppression of the Taiping army in the Qing court officials, General Fang Xiaochuan. When the party home to see things, Xiao family took this opportunity to do a favor, the Rongshui, Guishan, Iron Mountain, three rent rights to Fang. The Fang family did not spend a penny to obtain tenancy rights of 10,000 mu. Lease acceptance to the North Mountain Village, rent book, set a total of 1,000 acres, but the lack of tenant names, Fang Xiaochuan for the show of its obscene power, the first favor the North Mountain Village gentry, and then sent officials, soldiers in the village behind the Lotus Hill, skimming off the coarse chaff, in the harsh winter, the north wind whistling, chaff with the wind, flying across the straight for several miles, and then by the local gentry, depending on chaff drifting down the field mounds, measuring the area, registering the name of the tenant, posting notices, the deadline of one year, pay back the Xiao family! The three years rent debt that Xiao family transferred to Fang family.　　Flying chaff fixed rent, unprecedented; deadline forced debt, north mountain village havoc unprecedented. At that time, Xu Amei secretly colluded with the villagers and prepared to resist paying the rent. Sharecroppers Tian Zai, also thought of the death penalty is good to suffer, the crime of hunger is difficult to bear, the government forced the people to rebel, the people had to rebel. Just when the tenant farmers brewing rent resistance, Fang Xiaochuan learned of the news, the first poisonous hand, sent to the soldiers into the village, the North Mountain Village suffered a tragic robbery, the soldiers wherever they went, plundering the locks of the Alley, pulling the pig stripped tripod, some villagers were killed alive, women were more brutally insulted, the end of the village, the sound of the killers, the sound of cries for help echoed the Iron Peak, a desolate and tragic image.　　Fifth, waving straw hat retreat Fang Xiaochuan rate of soldiers ransacked the North Mountain Village, aroused the righteous indignation of the villagers of the North Mountain, have pleaded with Xu Amei to unveil a revolt, killed into the county, in addition to the storm snow hate. Far-sighted A Mei, said to the crowd: "I'm not without this idea, we must know that the first to think into, first think back, do not want to 刣 win the first want to think of the scattered village; must not be done to raise troops first to raise food ah!" After hearing this, all the townspeople were impressed, and they all thought that A-Mei was a good planner. At that time, A-Mei was running around, with friends in neighboring counties, discussing the uprising to raise food.　　Beishan village south neighbor, there is a Guo Chu Liu village, there is a big landlord in the village, a thousand acres of good land, maidservants full of family, all day long spend days drinking, singing and making music ....... Warehouse for many years in the rice grain moldy, had to order long workers short workers, shoulder picking car transport, poured into the Lianjiang River, a moment of fish, shrimp, crab and turtle poisoning floated all over the surface of the river. When it was, the poor villagers, gnawing melons and swallowing rice, hostage to hunger, living a life worse than cattle and horses, in contrast, it is really a world of difference. One day, the landlord's residence, suddenly surrounded by a large Long Long Chen Niangkang's volunteer army, the situation is urgent, in crisis, had no choice but to plead with Amei to intercede to solve the crisis. Xu Amei said retreat easy, need to pay the honorarium. After negotiation, the landlord, willing to give Xu A Mei silver thousand taels, as a reward. So Xu A-Mei climbed up to the tower with ease, waving his straw hat, Chen Niangkang volunteers because they had already met with Xu A-Mei beforehand, after seeing the sign, they retreated immediately. Later, Xu Amei will be this honorarium, as the preparation of the uprising of the funds.　　Sixth, skillfully raised the uprising food North Mountain Village adjacent to a Ding Chu Liu village. In the village, there is a county famous rich, big landlord Yang Lian Rang, milk name Jie, because of his exploitation methods, rotation fierce as a monkey, Ding Chu Liu villagers gave him a nickname called Monkey Chai Jie. He opened thirteen pawnshops, set up things to exploit the poor villagers, his family is really profitable and prosperous.　　Xu Amei of these pawnshops exploiting the poor, hate in the heart, think again, they set up a plan: to dredge up the villages before and after the poor, will be home to the small things, sickle, axe, chopper; big things broken gabion, old valley (da), in groups, carrying to pawn. The pawnbroker refused to accept the pawns because he thought the small items were too small and the big items were too big. The poor villagers then clamored: "Ruan valuable household goods are pawned, these things are Ruan life tools, but also too small and too big, you are to end the lives of the poor, today is to fight with your dog rich!" The minions quickly reported to the owner of the wealth. Yang Rang heard the news, shocked face like dirt, busy ordering thirteen pawnshops in charge: "discretionary pawn". The villagers received the pawn money and returned home. Forty days after the incident, Yang Ranjian also angry in the heart, ordered his minions to the peasants pawned things, as waste removed and burned. A Mei learned the news, and partners laughed and said: "God has helped me another insurrectionary rations." So, they went to each village to notify the people and agreed on a date to go to the pawnshop to redeem the pawned "family heirlooms". This time, Yang Rongjian miscalculated, that there is a "family heirloom" can be redeemed, knowing that there is a mystery, due to the inability to cope with, only to slip away.　　"Give me back my heirloom! If you don't have the original, you have to discount the price and add a thousand times according to the gold!" Hundreds of peasants roared like thunder, Xu Amei escorted and commanded: "Neither allowed to redeem the original, but also not discounted against the price, heavenly justice is not tolerable. Brothers to pawnshop things against!" XuAmei's words just fell, each road about to the volunteers, they rushed into the pawnshop, broken warehouse, confiscated the Yang family thirteen pawnshops of gold and silver property, do for the uprising of military needs.　　Afterwards, on a moonlit night, in front of the temple of Shamshi Rock in Chaoyang, all the volunteers gathered and celebrated their success. Chen Niangkang, Xu Amei, Lin Ting, Wu Jiangui and other leaders of the army were so happy that they weighed the gold and silver and distributed the food and wages of the uprising. Thus, an anti-oppression, anti-Qing peasant struggle is about to break out.　　Seven, Shi lone to raise volunteer soldiers on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month this year, the North Mountain Village, in front of the Tiyueyuan Guanyinpu, Yu Lan Sheng Hui Shi lone shed before the play to honor the gods, give food to save the ghosts, a sea of people, bustling very much.　　The Shih Ku Shelter was set up like the old one, but with a new intention. On the wooden stakes of the orphanage, a couplet written by Yang Chen-yao, a good friend of Xu A-mei's, which reads, "Go to the theater with a full stomach, and come to the orphanage with a hungry stomach; give alms every year, and increase the number of miserable souls every year," is pasted on both sides of the staging area. The banner of the stage reads "Yu Lan Sheng Hui", and the couplets on both sides read: "Yu Lan wants to save the orphans, and Sheng Hui only hopes for a peaceful heaven." The people looked at it and said, "The voice of my poor people has been written out. Then look down, in the monks chanting in the merit shed, the smoke lingers, bells and drums, posted plaques, couplets have more heart. The horizontal plaque reads "Pudu Jisheng" and the two couplets read: "Pudu has a merciful voyage, and Jisheng relies on the Living Buddha." Ringing noon, Shi orphans into the climax, Shi orphans receive food, lined up in a long line, leading to the front of the Shi orphans shed, to receive dry food, meat, agricultural products. At this time, I saw Xu Amei climbed up to the shed, and he made a loud voice, saying word by word: "Folks, the Yu Lan Festival is intended to save the souls of the miserable, know that in today's world, people are not as good as the ghosts, we have four seasons of donkeys to fight for their lives and are not allowed to have enough to eat and drink, such inhuman life is even more bitter than the souls of hell! ......." The audience on stage, at first silent, then teardrops, whimpering and sobbing. Then, Amei waved his straw hat, said impassioned: "Want to ascend to heaven on earth, only get up and smash the Yamen living hell, dare not?" Called out a spring thunder a "dare!"　　Tiyueyuan inside and outside, enrolled in the volunteer army, lined up in a long line, anti-oppression, anti-Qing team, finally organized at the foot of the Iron Mountain.　　Eight, clever check army method The army has just been organized, the number is not large, the establishment of a simple, as the saying goes, only strong soldiers and horses, to be able to fight, and strive to soldiers will be courageous to win the war, whenever the attack on the enemy point, the collection of rations and wages, out of the team to go to war, Xu Amei always have to personally test, selected, but his check army method is simple and accurate. There was an expedition to pull points, the time chosen at night, the volunteer team opened to bang pong land (three before the College) on the big hill, they ordered to stand still, from the head of the team to the end of the team, Xu Amei pressed a press on the chest of each volunteer, such as if you find the heart like fifteen buckets, seven up and eight down jumping, it is not enough guts, was called out of the queue, ordered to return to the camp to help the cooking, the team test, before setting off to war. Xu Amei this simple method of military inspection, the effect is very good. Later, in the detachments, the selection of elite soldiers, followed the use.　　Nine, the door board open road Xu A Mei in the collection of insurrectionary food and wages, ordered the townships of the rich and powerful gentry, the exploitation of some of the money to take out as a volunteer army pay, any disobedience, that is, to send men and women to discipline. At that time, Mudgou Township "source spring", "spring", "Feng Yuan", "open source", "Yongxing", "Xiangxing" and other rich households, the Zhuang family name of large landowners in Guolong Township to the Chigang Mountain Li family name of large landowners, none of them dared not follow orders.　　Bridge pillar village has a large landlord, relying on the wealth and power, in addition to the resistance to pay food and wages, but also threatened to meet with Xu Amei a high and low. A Mei received this news, a night, personally led a hundred volunteers, went to raid. That night, the moon is dark and windy, can not see five fingers, in the middle of the night, God unknowingly touched into the big landlord's home, caught the big landlord is sleeping, will be put into the sack, was about to team back to camp, barking dogs alarmed the landlord armed regiment, the regiment rushed to block the road out of the village, and piled up straw, firewood, burned up the sky fire, blocking the way out of the righteous army. In this emergency, alert Xu Amei, ordered the volunteers to each carry a door plate, to the village intersection to kill, the courageous attack, immediately so that the regimentals scared out of their wits, scrambling to escape first. The volunteers hurriedly pressed down a piece of door plate on the fire, stepping on the door plate in the sea of fire, rushed out of the siege, captured the big landlord, returned to the camp in triumph. From then on, the volunteer army to collect food and wages, the gentry do not dare to resist.　　Ten, Iron Mountain raised the flag after Xu Amei completed the grain, it will be in front of the Iron Mountain courtyard erected "loyalty and righteousness, Anliang" flag. Temple in the front hall for Guan Yu idol, on both sides of the couplet is: "brother Xuan De, brother Wing De, De brother De brother; division Wolong, friend Zi Long, dragon division dragon friends." Vigorous flag practice, alarmed Puning county magistrate, hastily sent detectives to spy, but the situation is purely martial arts practice, maintenance of law and order, blocking the bow to get the rod of the small cluster organization. And hold Guan Yu's "loyalty and righteousness" for the purpose of the flag, and therefore also on the idle, but do not know that the calm waves in the wind will set off the sky waves.　　In 1854, the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, is the courtyard of the immortal master of the mouth, but also Xu Amei and Chen Niangkang agreed to release the day of the uprising. Xu Amei changed the flag of "Loyalty and Anliang" to the flag of "Mingyi Revitalization" and openly opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. On the top of the Iron Mountain, in front of the Tieyue Yuan, the flag of "Mingyi Revitalization" fluttered high, and at the entrance of the camp of Tieyue Yuan, the couplet reads: "Tengyun rain first changes, and qingmei boiled wine to discuss the heroes." Couplet running through the Lin Ting (Teng), Wu descending and A Mei and other leaders of the army name, expressing the love of the masses to the leaders of the army and anti-Qing Dynasty to restore the Ming Dynasty, revitalization of the determination of the family state.　　Eleven, the siege of the first success was the summer, cotton lake Fenghu, Honggou, etc., because of the countryside partition dispute, there was an armed struggle, each other heavy casualties. Xu A Mei learned of the news, then held a meeting of the military aircraft, the name of the armed struggle by the bullet, in fact, the idea of raising the flag to lead the army to siege the city of Puning and all the leaders to discuss, we all said wonderful, are said to be a double jeopardy of the best strategy. June first day, the iron mountain under the north mountain village a joy, the village fathers and mothers, men and women, young and old, the road to send off the volunteers to go on the war. Xu Amei led two thousand volunteers, bid farewell to the townspeople, vast, divided into three, straight into the cotton lake, stationed in Humei, Chigangshan and other places. "Loyalty and Anliang" flag flying high in the "Scholar's Day", Yunshiyan and other places, not on ten days, Fenghu, Honggou armistice was quelled.　　Boxers sound east to strike west, Puning County, Pan Mingxian still in the dark. I do not know in the two townships to quell the armed struggle, Xu Amei's main focus on the siege of Puning City. He secretly summoned the leaders of the volunteer army in the villages around Puning City: Cai Bingdi of Hou Tian, Gao Xiqiu and Pan Bingzhao of Lin Huishan, Guo Hansheng of Baojingyuan, Fang Rui of Minggang, and Ah Shih of Qigang, etc., to conspire and discuss the best strategy for attacking the city in cooperation.　　June 15 at noon, shaking the entire Huichao Jia Dao (now Shantou, Huiyang, Meizhou and other places) of the peasant uprising broke out, Xu Amei led by the volunteer army openly declared war on the reactionary rule of the Qing Dynasty! This shocking move, so that the Puning city inside and outside of the commotion everywhere, the county magistrate Pan Mingxian shocked three steps a fall, woeful. That night, the vast volunteer army turned direction, straight into Puning City, stationed in Minggang, Ma Yanqiao, Xinpu, Kuntoushan, Wufuyu, Chibunbird and other places, like iron barrel hoops like firmly surrounded Puning City.　　On the morning of the 16th, the fog, the volunteers began to attack the city, Qigang village leader Yu Ah Fei led a demolition team of 100 as the vanguard, loaded with spears and steel forks, pushed straight to the west gate of Puning City, cursing and baiting the enemy. Xu Fengxiang rate of the main force ambush on the outskirts of the city, waiting for an opportunity to ambush the attack. Defending the city Qing army leader Fang You, this person is violent, not at all put the volunteers in their eyes, even against the master ban, leading soldiers to meet the battle, that know the steel sword touch, less than a few, Fang You that is for the volunteers to split into two. Xu Fengxiang rate of the main force to pursue, out of the Qing army to see the brave and unstoppable, and the leader was killed, immediately routed, leaving more than a dozen corpses, retreating back to the city, tightly closed the gates, do not dare to go to war.　　Qing troops lost the initial battle, Puning city officials and gentry in chaos, county magistrate Pan Ming Xian urgently summoned inspector Hao Youjin, "snakes" Fang Qingqian and all the officials and gentry to discuss the policy of defending the city, and immediately ordered the city merchants and rich gentry to send money to recruit the city of more than four hundred men to assist in defending the city, and on both sides of the moat high fences, strengthen the defense, making the city rain and wind, the grass is a soldier! The first battle of the army was a success, and the army's morale was greatly boosted. But after the siege of Puning City, Xu Amei suddenly received friends Chen Niangkang secret report, in order to策立友军, temporarily give up the siege of Puning City, waving marshal returned to the North Mountain camp.　　Twelve, crushing false negotiations after the preliminary examination of the preliminary exam, Puning County Order Pan Ming Xian whimsical, that the righteous army siege that retreat, purely ignorant and stupid. Then set up a treacherous plan, sent a letter to Xu Amei, pretending to warm words of comfort and persuasion, encouragement and hope, official salary lure, invited Xu Amei in Puning City, the South's Ancestral Hall negotiation and peace. Pan Mingxian thought that this could paralyze the volunteers and delay the crisis of breaking the city, waiting for the rescue troops of Chaozhou Prefecture to come to relieve the siege and suppress the volunteers in a pincer movement.　　After receiving the letter, Xu Amei pondered over it again and again: the peace talk was a lie, but the slowing down of the army was real. He discussed with his military advisor Yang Chen-yao, and decided to use a trick to maneuver with them. On the day of negotiation, he summoned the leader of the volunteer army, Ah Chi (the people called him "Lion Head Chi"), and gave him instructions. With the order of battle and three arrows in his hand, he led twenty of his brothers to enter the city in a big way. At that time, the officials and gentry in the city greeted him with a parade, and received him at the ancestral hall of the Fang clan for negotiation. The magistrate, Pan Mingguang, was very courteous to Aki and urged him to drink. A Chi bold and determined, like no one else, after a full meal, calm and unhurried, pulled out three arrows, pointing at Pan Mingxian Kan said: "I was ordered by Brother Mei to negotiate with you, the conditions are very simple. First, the need for the city of Fang, Li two rich, dedication of the volunteer army munitions silver 10,000 taels; Second, the need to let our troops from the county east door into the west door out; Third, is to be your old Pan's head!" Said the three arrows thrown on the table, whisked his clothes up, leading the brothers to go. Frightened the officials and gentry speechless, look at each other, Pan Mingxian more like a water-soaked clay sculpture, collapsed in the chair.　　Thirteen, the Kuixing building dead battle After the crushing of the negotiation trick, Xu Amei's army prestige, the four neighboring townships signed up to join the army of many people, the team quickly expanded to nearly 50,000 people. Xu Amei seized this great opportunity and immediately joined forces with Jieyang Lin Ting and Wu Jie, Chaoyang Chen Niangkang and other volunteers to lay siege to Puning City for the second time.　　In 1854, on the 27th day of the 6th lunar month, the volunteers started to attack the city with great force. Inside the city, the officials, gentry and soldiers were in fear, hardened their heads and resisted to the death. In a few days of fierce battle, although the volunteers achieved a few small victories, but not much progress. In the fierce battle, the volunteers changed the strategy of attacking the city, take the night attack method, seize the Pan County magistrate command key place "Kuixing building". The first night, some of the volunteers climbed the wall into the sneak, some strong attack into the spell, some holes drilled into the successive drums and noise and into the brave and unstoppable, panicked by the Qing troops defending the city nests out, resistance. But because of the volunteer flag is unknown, fighting each other in the dark, lost a great opportunity to break the city, fighting until dawn, had to close the army back to camp.　　The second night, Xu Amei learned from the lessons of the flag is not clear, adopted the leader Guo Yasheng, Qiu Banlin's proposal, arranged to enter the city of warriors each head hanging a wax lamp, night attack to break the city. That night, the teams climbed into the city and attacked, through the streets and alleys, bloodbath, and desperately seize the "Kuixing Building". But the wax lamp target conspicuous, by the heights of the Qing army with a Mauser gun, horse leg gun killed and wounded many people, surprise attack to break the city of the move and fell through. Later, although the volunteers repeatedly defeated the Qing troops out of the city, but the results were not good, had to give up the city, back to the army camp, another good idea.　　Fourteen, three attack Puning the city back to the army camp, Xu Amei side of the rest and practice, one side of the military conference, the military conference, the leaders summarize the lessons learned from the second surprise attack failed to win, the development of the "flying and drilling" and "long-term siege" tactics, deployment of the third siege of Puning City. The third siege of Puning City.　　On the first day of July, the volunteers besieged Puning City once again. Siege of the first five days, the Qing army see the second siege of the Qing army, not at all in the eyes of the volunteers, the second in a row to open the city out of the war, after several practice of the volunteers, the courage to go forward, bravely meet the battle, 100 miles of the bridge, the northwest outskirts of the city, the killing sound, the volunteers to the top of the Tarzan, killed the Qing army retreating, more than a hundred dead and wounded, hunkered down back in the city, no longer dare to go out of the war.　　July 10, Xu Amei ordered people to shoot arrows to order the surrender of the book into the city, limited to the county magistrate Pan Mingxian two days to surrender the city, otherwise the grid kill without amnesty. Three days later, no movement in the city, Xu A Mei immediately adopted the "flying drill" tactics. On that day, the volunteers with "earth cannon" bombarded the city walls, strong attack on the gates, siege warriors hold up ten square wells type ladder, quickly climbed the walls, called "flying", on the one hand, the use of terrain, digging holes, chiseling tunnels, directly into the city, called the "Drilling". At this time, the city's military confusion, the officials and gentry on tenterhooks, fear of the volunteers from the sky, from the ground up ....... Hongyang Street has a huge businessman Fang Manji, the night because the cat catches a mouse knocked down the stacks and utensils, "rumbling" sound, the owner of the property and the handyman woke up from a dream, mistakenly the volunteers from the ground out of the frightened hands and feet, kneeling and kowtowing straight to the ground and shouting for mercy ...... County magistrate Pan Mingxian is like an ant on a hot pan, to the government of the city, the government is afraid of the righteous army from the sky, from the ground out of ....... The ants on the hot pot, to the capital city issued a plea for help, such as mud cows into the sea, nowhere to be seen and heard, secretly thought, the city broke down in a few days, only one dead. Thinking about it, can only take blackmail threatening means to make the people's hearts and minds to stabilize, and use a lot of gold and silver, to buy more men, in the northwest corner of the city to plant trees and build soil, diversion of water to protect the city, in order to block the advance of the righteous army. At the same time, make the general Fang Yu Yun secretly out of the city to Gongshan, Hongshan, under the community and other places, mobilizing local landlords regimentation, composed of forty units of soldiers, resistance to the volunteer army, to save the urgent need. But these rabble, once the battle, only blame parents less born a leg, scrambling to escape, unbearable.　　In Puning City is about to be the key moment of the breakthrough of the volunteers, the cunning Fang Yuyun a plan did not work, another plan, immediately ran to the Wushih, cloud fall and other places, gathered some of the Qing dynasty soldiers, colluding with the North Mountain volunteers inside the treacherous Xu Ximing, sneak attack on the base camp in North Mountain, bloody massacre of the townspeople and the elders. Xu Amei was reported, in order to save the townspeople in the fire, only the third retreat, give up the siege of Puning City, back to Zashan. Fang Yuyun learned of the return of the volunteers, do not think they are rivals, and the city has been relieved, pinned his tail, fled.　　Fifteen, the reputation of the heroes of the ages Xu Amei rate of return to the base camp in the North Mountain. The siege of Puning County, the volunteers retreated. The county magistrate Pan Mingxian to catch his breath, urgently to his superiors for help. Reinforcements were sent from Chaozhou Prefecture and other places. Pan also gathered local soldiers, sent Hao Youjin to lead the troops, counterattacking the volunteers, and attempted to eliminate this anti-Qing peasant army in one fell swoop.　　In 1855 (Qing Xianfeng five years), the soldiers were stationed around the village Hudong, Liudupu, Danyangwei, Xiaoyangwei, Dingcuoliao and other villages, heavily encircled Beishan Village. On the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month in the middle of the fall, Beishan Village in front of the Oxcap Hill, and was the Qing soldiers artillery force to climb. The Qing soldiers were in a high position, day and night, using ten cannons to bombard Beishan Village. Hsu A-Mei once led a strong attack at night, and although he fought many times, he failed to recapture it due to the fact that he was outnumbered by the enemy. Xu A-Mei was also wounded by a stray bullet in his left leg during the battle and had to retreat to Beishan Village.　　August 19, the village of North Mountain West Lake place, by the Qing soldiers from the cattle cap hill bombardment of earth artillery, burned into a waste pike. Three times the volunteers fought to the death for the cattle cap hill, were unable to recapture. To the 23rd, the whole village everywhere on fire, in order to retain the offspring, save the roots, A Mei ordered to break out to the east. At this time, the Qing army's clay artillery, Mauser gun, gunfire like rain. Breakout volunteers and villagers, deaths and injuries. Seriously wounded Xu Amei, for fear of dragging the crowd, in the breakout in the village east of the carp ditch place, heroic self-cutting.　　Xu Amei Tieshan flag uprising, just a year or so, although it failed to win, the fire was extinguished, his anti-oppression spirit, but left a good reputation in the world, and its heroism, widely celebrated for posterity.