There are some vivid and concrete historical stories of women's direct participation in the war in the two biographies of women in the History of the Northern Dynasties. For example, The Biography of Women in Shu Wei describes the deeds of two women who presided over guarding the city:
Meng Shi, Ren's imperial concubine, is a giant deer and the mother of Shang Shuling and Ren Yuancheng. (Yuan) became the day of Yangzhou, attracting public discussion. After the thief handsome Jiang Qingzhen, the rebels attacked Luocheng. Chang Shiwei lost his painting in a hurry, and there was nothing he could do. Meng Naile's soldiers must be guarded first on the battlefield. Encourage civil and military, comfort the old and the new, persuade reward and punishment, rebel, so salty and ambitious. Patrol in person, don't avoid arrows. Thieves must not be defeated, and the whole city is killed. (Yuan) Cheng appeared on the scene to show the news, which belongs to Sejong's collapse and is a matter of sleeping. Empress Ling later ordered, "Great achievements and beauty deserve eternal life." This is because there are beautiful trees and monuments there.
As an aristocratic woman, although she is old, the Meng family is still calm and orderly in times of crisis, and is famous for "patrolling in person and not avoiding arrows". She was resourceful and fearless, and finally she was able to retreat safely and save the city.
Another woman who is famous for guarding the city in history is Liu. She is the wife of Gou Jinlong, the prefect of Zitong, who made great contributions to the siege of Liang Army in the Southern Dynasties.
Gou Jinlong's wife, Liu Ye, is from the plain. Ding Wei, Shao Qingren, Liu Shuzong's sister. Sejong, (Gou) Jinlong is the magistrate of Zitong, and the county is guarded by Guancheng. Xiao Yan sent someone to attack, which is worthy of (if) Jinlong's illness, and the people are very scared. Liu Sui took CLARA LEE to repair his chariot, which was completed overnight. Refusing to fight for more than 100 days, more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. Gao Jing, the deputy commander-in-chief, was betrayed, and Liu cut it, with dozens of people in his party. Since the rest of the soldiers, food and clothing, work and rest must be the same, don't be afraid.
Because the well was in the outer city, it was quickly controlled by the enemy. There was no water in the city, and many people died of thirst. Liu Yiran calmly calm, "Biography of Women" wrote:
Liu Naiji, a man of all ages, is a metaphor for loyalty, so he told the sky at the right time, screamed at the right time and drowned in the rain. Liu ordered public and private cloth and silk clothes to hang in the city, wring water, and store miscellaneous utensils. So people's hearts are firm. Uncle Fu's assassination of Huiyizhou is near, and the thief retreats.
Fu Shuyan deeply lamented Liu Shoucheng's success and heard about it, so Liu was awarded in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, during the next year, Liu was sealed again.
The Biography of Women edited by the Han Dynasty recorded the story of Qi Liang's wife crying in the city, saying that Qi Liang died at the gate for the attack of Ju by Qi, and "Qi Liang's wife was crying at the gate. Sincere and touching hearts, those passing by, are crying. On the 10th, the city collapsed. "