Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 160 Eighty Days of Dai Fa's Pledge

Let's say that when Wang Yan led his troops to Zhaoqing to mediate the dispute between natives and offenders, the blood of the righteous people in the south of the Yangtze River was about to be shed at last.

Since the righteous people in Jiaxing, Kunshan, Wusong, Ningguo, Huizhou and other places were massacred by the northern captives successively, the surviving people in Southern Zhili were shocked by the brutal massacre by the northern captives, and under the pressure of the Qing court, they were forced to shave their hair He changed clothes and became an obedient citizen of the Qing court.

In today's Jiangnan, apart from King Lu in eastern Zhejiang, there are only three rebel armies still struggling to support them.

On Taihu Lake, Wu Yi and Chen Zilong were in the best situation to deal with the northern captives by virtue of the vast waters and the water routes extending in all directions.

In the mountainous area of ​​Huizhou, Jiang Tianyi led thousands of remnant soldiers and hid in Tibet in the middle of the mountain. The northern captives could not find his trace for a while, so the situation was second.

In Jiangyin City, Chen and Yan Ergong gathered [-] righteous people, and they were attacked by more than [-] Qing soldiers and more than [-] heavy artillery pieces day and night for more than two months.

When Jiangyin raised the banner of righteousness, Duoduo, the commander of the northern captives, did not take it seriously when he saw the small town of Jiangyin, and ordered Liu Liangzuo, a Han general who surrendered to the Qing court, to attack with tens of thousands of troops.

In mid-August, Liu's troops entered Jiangyin, surrounded the city on all sides, set up cowhide tents to attack the northeast corner of the city, and the righteous people cast huge stones, and hundreds of Qing soldiers died. The monks in the nunnery knelt and wept outside the city of Jiangyin, stated their interests and persuaded the righteous people to surrender, but no one in the city listened.

Liu Liangzuo had no choice but to send troops to attack the city again, but Chen and Yan Ergong succeeded in defending the city, and the attack was repeatedly frustrated. Liu Liangzuo sent people to shoot letters into the city, and even rode his horse to the city to persuade him to surrender. .If you turn misfortune into blessing with one step, how can you be under a good assistant? Why do you suffer so much? "

Yan Yingyuan said calmly: "The scholars and people in Jiangyin have lived on the soil for 300 years. They have deeply loved the country's grace and cannot bear to surrender. Ying Yuan is a history of the Ming Dynasty. He knows the righteousness and will never serve the second king. The general is Hou Bo. Restoring the Central Plains, retreating cannot protect Jiangzuo, how can I see the loyal and righteous people in Jiangdong?"

Liang Zuo felt so ashamed, he urged Jiangyin scholars and people to accept the summons by the Qing court.

Ying Yuan said angrily: "There are generals who have surrendered, but there is no history of surrender." There was a bang, and the rockets were fired.

Liu Liangzuo failed to attack repeatedly, but Duoduo was annoyed. He thought that Liu Liangzuo was not doing his best, so he sent Kong Youde, the obedient king, to lead his troops to assist in the attack.

In the city of Jiangyin, Lords Chen and Yan lived on the city every day, sharing weal and woe with the righteous people, taking the lead when there was a battle, comforting and caring for the injured righteous people with kind words, and caring for the righteous people when they were dying.

In this way, Jiangyin's scholars and people, everyone used their lives, and the Qing soldiers could only look at the city and sigh.

In September, Beileboluo and Nikan of the Qing court defeated the Wusong Rebel Army, and led more than [-] horses and footmen to Jiangyin. .

Fei said, "I don't know anyone in the city, so what's the use of writing a book?"

The next day when the Qing army approached the city, Bo Luo ordered the two men to surrender under the city. Huang Fei remained silent, and Wu Zhikui, weeping, raised his head to persuade everyone to surrender early.

Ying Yuan chided and said: "As a minister, you can't kill your generals and make meritorious deeds. Once you are bound, you should die quickly!"

Wu Zhikui wept and paid respects.

Seeing that the city refused to surrender, Bo Luo sent troops to attack. He thought that Liu Liangzuo had been the Earl of Daming and had a heavy army in his hands, but he couldn't even take down a small Jiangyin City, so he beat him up.

Liu Liangzuo felt ashamed and urged his subordinates to attack the city desperately. At this time, the number of Qing troops attacking had reached 24.

Chen and Yan Ergong, together with the villagers, guarded the dangerous city bravely, and gradually failed to support them. They sent Huizhou merchant Cheng Bi and others out of the city one after another to contact volunteers from all over the country to help.

As soon as Jiang Tian escaped from the mountains to help, he ambushed Bu Congshan for the Qing Dynasty and was defeated back in the mountains.

Chen Zilong and Wu Yi led warships to help them, but they were stopped by Qing general Li Chengdong. On the first day of the battle, General Shizhong was severely injured.

On the East China Sea, there is Gu Sanmazi, a pirate. Because he admired Yan Yingyuan, he led a boat division to help him. After three days of hard work, he failed and sailed away.

In addition, the king of Yiyang came to help and was defeated by Shashan.

The Xiucai Gold Mine gathered more than [-] brave men to help, but Liu Liangzuo intercepted around Zhouzhuang with [-] iron cavalry, and the whole army was wiped out.

At the end of September, all the reinforcements from all walks of life failed, and the Qing army's offensive became increasingly urgent.

At the beginning of October, the Qing army concentrated artillery to bombard the northeast corner of the city, the city wall collapsed, the Qing army rushed up from the chrysalis, and Jiangyin fell.

The Qing army swarmed into the city, and Chen and Yan organized street fighting among righteous people. Chen Gong closed his door and threw himself into the water, while Yan Gong was wounded and threw himself into the lake.

After the death of Lord Yan in the city, more than ten family members remained, all of whom were killed because they refused to surrender. The righteous citizen Lu Zhengxian was also martyred.

In the Jiangyin county government, 43 men, women, and children set fire to themselves and died. Feng Houdun, who instructed Feng Houdun, hanged himself in Minglun Hall, and his wife and sister threw themselves into a well.

Zhongshu Qi Xun and Zhu Sheng Xu Yong set themselves on fire with their families.

When Xu Wang's family was detained by the Qing army, the Qing soldiers persuaded them, saying: "My lord, all the living beings in the Ming Dynasty have not eaten the sky, so why die?" The Wang family said: "The righteousness of a monarch and his ministers, does it matter whether they are official or not?"The public waited for a reply. '

After being captured by the Qing army, Damou, a scholar, sighed before his execution: "I am a villain, and today I have the strength of a scholar-bureaucrat. I died for loyalty, and my death is still alive." "The face of the execution remains unchanged, and he dies generously.

In addition, a person surnamed Tan killed three people and burned himself to death.

There were two brothers holding guns and hiding in the corner of the street, confronting each other; the Qing soldiers did not know how to go straight in, the elder brother stabbed the servant, the younger brother dragged him away, and the soldiers followed, and the same as before, all killed 16 people.When a soldier continued to advance, he saw that the former soldier was killed, so he withdrew in a hurry, and led more than ten people to advance together. Then he captured the two brothers and was executed.

There are 500 young people who said to each other: "Always die!" Fighting with the Qing army at Anli Bridge, they killed many people and were defeated when they exhausted their strength;

On October [-]th, the Qing invaders began to massacre the city. The people either fought hard to the end, or sacrificed themselves for righteousness.

At that time, the wells of dead men and women were filled everywhere, and there were no empty wells in every family. There were layers of corpses in Sun Langzhong Pond and Pan Pond.

It is exactly: "Dai Fa's allegiance on the 6th day is to represent the people of the seventeen dynasties of the Taizu; [-] people are united in death and righteousness, and save the three hundred miles of the Ming Dynasty."

Two days after the Qing army massacred the city, it was "out of the list to calm the people", and there were only "53 people big and small" left in the city.

In order to protect the clothes of their ancestors, the righteous people of Jiangyin withstood the siege of more than [-] Qing troops for more than two months. After the city was broken, they fought desperately in the streets, but no one surrendered.How sad!If the officials of Nanjing were like this, why did Jiangnan give up their hands to others?
Now that the south of the Yangtze River is being pacified by the northern captives, and the Qing army has less restraint, how can the king of Lu in eastern Zhejiang and the court of Fujian respond?
(End of this chapter)