Southern Song The second year of the real demise (1280). The Yuan army besieged Zhangzhou with all their might. After a hard battle, the rebels retreated into the mountainous areas, took advantage of the favorable terrain, and continued to fight against the Yuan army. The Yuan army changed its attack method and set fire to the mountains and advance as they burned. More than 20,000 people were killed in the rebel army.
At this time, the rebel army still had "100,000" and more than 50 copycats in succession. They also changed their defensive tactics, on the one hand, they were self-reliant, and on the other hand, they took advantage of the enemy's emptiness and took advantage of the detour to attack.
This struggle has been fought for more than a year, and finally, because of Chen Dianyan Uncle Chen Guilong, he turned against the Yuan army. Chen Diaoyan was sowed and discord, and mistakenly killed his sister Chen Diaomei. In addition, he made a mistake in making a decision, and almost all the troops were destroyed in the breakout. Chen Diaoyan died heroically on Qianbiling in Wushan in Zhao'an County. In order to commemorate the leader of the rebel army, later generations called this mountain Chen Diaoling.
Chen Shuzhen and Chen Mengchang broke out of the siege, retreated to the mountain cave, continued to mobilize the She and Han people, and insisted on the struggle against the Yuan Dynasty.
On the ninth day of the 19th year of Zhiyuan (1282), Chen Shuzhen died heroically in a battle with the Yuan army. He is only 30 years old.
Chen Mengchang led 3,000 rebels to fight bravely, break through the siege, and rushed to Chaozhou, Guangzhou, where he met with his two brothers, Chen Mengyun and Chen Menglei, to defend the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and participated in many important battles.
Chen Shuzhen, as a young woman, bravely broke through the shackles of feudal ethics, inherited and carried forward his father's patriotic spirit, and fought at the forefront of the struggle against the Yuan Dynasty, which is admirable. What is particularly valuable is that he joined forces with the She Rebel Army and fought south and north, and was indomitable for 6 years.
His deeds are passed down by people, and his image lives in people's hearts. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1375), the people of Dongshi Aotou, Jinjiang built a palace temple to worship her former residence, and respectfully called "Madam Xu of the East Palace". The palace temple still exists today.
The patriotic poet Qiu Fengjia once recited: "The two loyalists of another generation have been updated, and a man is a hero of Gusun."
