On this day, 184 years ago, on February 26, 1841 (February 6, 1841, the lunar calendar), Guan Tianpei fought in Humen. On February 26, 1841, national hero Guan Tianpei led his troops to die heroically in a fierce battle with the British invaders in Humen. Guan Tianpei, a native of Shanyang County, Huai 'an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, was transferred to the post of Commander of the Guangdong Navy in 1834. At this time, the foreign invaders saw that the Qing government was decadent and fatuous and tried everything possible to open the door to China and expand their aggression against China. After Guan Tianpei took office, he personally inspected the coastal defense fortress and decided to add and strengthen the Humen Battery, and stepped up the training of the army. In 1839, Lin Zexu was appointed as an imperial envoy and went to Guangdong to ban smoking. Guan Tianpei became Lin Zexu's right-hand assistant. He assisted Lin Zexu in collecting foreign opium, while carefully arranging coastal defense, supervising the construction of piles, and setting up iron chains to prepare to resist aggression. In July 1840, British sailors ran rampant in Tsim Sha Tsui and killed an innocent villager. Lin Zexu protested and demanded that the British Commerce Supervisor in China Yi Law hand over the murderer. Yi Law not only refused to hand over, but instead took the opportunity to expand aggression and invaded Guangdong several times. Armed attacks on the coast. Guan Tianpei took the lead and led his soldiers to prepare for battle, bravely resisted, and repeatedly defeated the British army, preventing their aggressive actions from succeeding. Seeing that the troops led by Guan Tianpei were strong, Yi Lu did not dare to provoke him arbitrarily, but the British opium dealers continued to smuggle opium. Guan Tianpei actively cooperated with Lin Zexu to search for opium smuggling ships. After the outbreak of the Opium War, Guan Tianpei, under the leadership of Lin Zexu, led his troops to heroically counterattack the British army. The British army could not occupy Guangdong, so they had to divide their troops north and invade Tianjin. However, the muddle-headed Emperor Daoguang succumbed to the invaders 'demands and ordered Lin Zexu to be dismissed and appointed Zhili Governor Qi Shan to replace him. As soon as Qi Shan arrived in Guangzhou, she opposed the actions of Lin Zexu and Guan Tianpei and ordered the removal of the coastal defense that Guan Tianpei had worked hard for many years. Two-thirds of the navy was dismissed, and all the most effective recruits were dismissed. This met the needs of the British army. In January 1841, the British army took advantage of the situation and captured the Shajiao and Dajiao Fortresses, thus losing its barrier to Humen. At this time, Humen Battery had only a small number of troops to defend it, and the situation was extremely critical. Guan Tianpei was on the front line and asked Qi Shan for reinforcements. However, Qi Shan, a shameful traitor, did not dare to send troops for fear of interfering with the "peace negotiation". Guan Tianpei was extremely resentful and decided to defend it. He took out his own money to replenish the army's pay, encouraged his soldiers to bravely kill the enemy, and sent several lost teeth and some old clothes to his family, expressing his determination to live and die with the fort. On February 26, the British army launched a large-scale attack on Humen. After the enemy blew up the iron chains blocking the river and captured several fortresses such as crosspiece, they bombarded the Jingyuan Fort where Guan Tianpei was located with all their strength. Guan Tianpei led his soldiers, waved his swords, and commanded the soldiers to hold firm. The battle was extremely fierce from noon to late at night. However, he was outnumbered. Most of the soldiers guarding the fort died heroically. Guan Tianpei was also injured in more than 10 places and was covered in blood. However, he still stood in front of the battle and fired cannons with his own hands. At this time, the enemy swarmed from behind the fort. A soldier wanted to carry Guan Tianpei off the position, but he stopped him with a sword. In order not to let the admiral's seal fall into the enemy, Guan Tianpei urgently ordered his entourage to take the seal away. The entourage cried and grabbed his clothes and asked to withdraw together. Guan Tianpei sternly refused, insisted on commanding, and encouraged the soldiers to fight hard. Suddenly, another enemy shell hit, and the veteran, who was over sixty years old, was unfortunately shot and died. In the end, all of the more than 400 soldiers guarding the fort died heroically.