卫汝贵系清末淮军将领,官至甘肃宁夏镇总兵,所部兵力8000人,是当时淮军中人数最多、装备最好的部队。1894年中日甲午战争中,卫率部赴朝鲜抵御日军。同年12月,被清政府以“待兵刻薄寡恩”、“临敌节节退缩”、“克扣军饷”、“纵兵抢掠”等罪名,处以极刑。廖宗麟在《卫汝贵被杀是一桩冤案》一文中指出,四条罪名当中,仅军纪不严稍有踪影可寻,其余并不成立。实际上,甲午战争中,卫汝贵勇赴国难,力挫强寇,不失爱国军人本色。他的死,实系清政府推卸战败责任和受盛宣怀、盛星怀兄弟倾轧诬陷的结果。事情的原 Wei Rui Department of the end of the Qing Huaian generals, officers and soldiers to the Gansu Ningxia town, the headquarters of 8,000 troops, was the largest number of the Anhwei Army, equipped with the best troops. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Guardian Department went to North Korea to defend the Japanese army. In December the same year, the Qing government sentenced him to “being benevolent to be soldier”, “retreating with adversity,” “deducting military pay,” “stealing troops and looting” and other crimes. Liao Zonglin pointed out in his article “Weiru killings are an injustice case.” Among the four counts, only the military discipline can be traced without trace and the rest not. In fact, during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Wei Youguy went to the brigade of the nation to defeat the mighty strongholds without losing the true nature of the patriotic military personnel. His death was actually the result of the Qing government’s responsibility to shirk its defeat and be framed by Sheng Xuanhuai and Sheng Xinghuai’s brothers. The original thing