"Commander, the lowering flag has been hung on the city." Yang Huaizheng was about to order an attack on the city, and his subordinates came to report.
"Lower the flag?"
Yang Huai took a look with his telescope and saw a large flagpole on the city, rolled up with white cloth, dangling back and forth.
After a while, the city gate opened. Ma Siwen was wearing cotton armor, with his hands cut behind his back, and walked out carrying a few branches.
Yang Huai was stunned, what was he doing? Standing on a bush to plead guilty? He thought for a while and said: "Bring the general here."
"Ma Siwen, the guilty general, is willing to lead his troops to death." At this time, Ma Siwen did not have the "strong temperament and military acumen" his father said at all. He knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and asked for surrender dejectedly.
"What official position do you hold in the Qing court?"
"The last general was ashamed and was appointed to the post of Mele Zhangjing by the imperial court."
When Yang Huai heard this, he realized that this official was not a small one. He was equivalent to the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty. He had a lot of gold and horse bones. He had few soldiers and horses, so he had to treat these subordinate generals better in order to disintegrate the Tatars.
He helped Ma Siwen up with a pleasant expression, "General Ma has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. There is no greater good. The Holy Spirit's "Call to Heaven to Pursue the Prisoners" clearly states that if there are those who have committed crimes against prisoners and repented, their sins will be pardoned. General, don't worry, I will report it to the Ministry of War.
,remain in the original position.
"Thank you, Commander." When Ma Siwen heard this, he put his heart into his stomach. In order to gain the trust of the new master, surrendered generals are often more useful than old generals. He then said: "The general will be willing to persuade Zhenjiang to surrender for the Commander-in-Chief."
"Defender".
"Oh, there is an old relationship between General Ma and Zhenjiang Guards?"
"Commander, the general of Zhenjiang is Ma Guangyuan, the father of the last general."
"Hahaha", Yang Huai laughed heartily, "If General Ma can persuade your father to surrender, he will be the first to do so!"
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At the top of the Zhenjiang Fort, Qingyi and Angbang Zhang Jingma Guang looked far away at the small town in the south. At this time, they could no longer hear the sound of cannons and fighting. It seemed that the situation was more serious than bad.
"Wen'er" makes Ma Guangyuan burst into tears.
I know best about my own son, who is timid by nature and would not even dare to kill a chicken. The reason why he lied to Emperor Shunzhi about his son being a general was mainly because he was old and had only one adult son. He was worried about the successors of the Ma family.
No one. If he doesn’t promote his son while he is still alive, who will the whole family rely on in the future?
Unexpectedly, as soon as he promoted his son to Mele Zhangjing, the damn Ming army came over! At this time, the fighting in the small town had stopped, and it was probably captured. "Wen'er, as a father, I must kill a few more Ming soldiers.
"Take revenge." Ma Guangyuan thought that his son had been killed in the battle, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
To be honest, Ma Guangyuan admired Emperor Guangwu quite a lot. This majesty was so courageous that he even dared to send troops to Liaodong while crossing the river to the north.
Good timing!
At this time, the elite soldiers in Liaodong either went south to resist Emperor Guangwu, or went north to fight against the Rakshasa people. Except for the three capitals outside the pass, there were still some elite soldiers in Yizhou. There were a lot of remaining soldiers and horses, but most of them were bannermen, not real soldiers.
flag soldiers.
The number of soldiers in each banner is customized. In a family, sometimes the eldest brother and the second child are "soldiers", and the third and fourth children are "ding". If the third and fourth children want to become "soldiers",
The boss must die in the Second World War. The Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners have a large number of soldiers, a small population, and large war casualties. This situation is not common. Basically, all adult men can become soldiers; but the Han Banner is different.
The number of troops given by the imperial court to the Han army was small and the population was large. This situation was very common.
However, in recent years, war casualties have been too great. In order to make up for the lack of population, the Qing government vigorously expanded the Eight Banners and Han Army, and a large number of Han bannermen became combat soldiers.
Ma Guangyuan's 5,000 Zhenglan Banner Han troops only had a few hundred veterans, and the rest were ordinary bannermen who were temporarily recruited. Their combat effectiveness was far less than that of the previous Eight Banners soldiers. However, it had only been eleven years since entering the customs at this time, and the martial arts was still in full swing.
The bannermen also practice martial arts from time to time, and they are much stronger than usual.
Ma Guangyuan was a veteran general. As soon as he heard the sound of artillery coming from the small town, he immediately ordered dozens of ships to be sunk in the section of the Sui River near Zhenjiang, blocking the waterway and preventing Ming warships from passing through. He also took three thousand Han military flags from the city with him.
, forcing the people in the city to go to the city to help defend.
The wind and smoke are billowing, and the army is like a tide.
The Qing army sank a ship and blocked the Gehe River, so the Ming army came overland with military flags covering the sky and the sun for ten miles.
Ma Guangyuan is a veteran general. When he counted the flags of the Ming army, his heart sank. The Ming army had at least 30,000 to 40,000 people, which was ten times as many as his own!
"Commander Father" was observing, when suddenly a horse rode up to the city and shouted to him, it was his son Ma Siwen.
"Wen'er, are you still alive?"
Ma Guangyuan was surprised and happy.
"Father," Ma Siwen blushed and said, "My son has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army is powerful. Father, please don't make useless resistance. Hurry up and surrender the city!"
"What!"
Ma Guangyuan was startled at first, and then became furious, "Little beast, the emperor has shown great kindness to our Ma family, how dare you betray me for glory?"
"Commander Father, we are all Han people, and you used to be a general in Jianchang of the Ming Dynasty. If we talk about the Lord, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is our Lord. As a Han, I want to restore the Han family's clothes. How can I betray my master and seek glory? And
A hundred years later, how can my father meet his ancestors while dragging his tail of money?"
Hearing this, Ma Guangyuan was speechless for a moment.
At that time, he served as a general in Jianchang of the Ming Dynasty. When the Qing army captured Yongping, he had to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. At first, he was forced to surrender due to the situation. Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji was a talented and brilliant man who was very good at winning over people's hearts. When he saw him, he was extremely affectionate.
Incorporated into the Zhenglan Banner, he was awarded the title of Meile, and was given the crown, uniform, and pommel horse. It was very comfortable to work under Taizong! He asked for help and listened to his advice. Moreover, he didn't have to shave his hair to change his clothes. He actually gave Taizong some good ideas:
Build a cabinet, set up spokespersons, etc.
But when Taizong collapsed, Dorgon took over the power and forced Han officials to shave their heads and change their clothes. I was reluctant at first, but gradually got used to it, but when I swept the tombs every year, I always felt a little uncomfortable when I knelt in front of the ancestors' souls.
Sorry. Now my son is asking himself, Money Rat Tail, how will he meet his ancestors a hundred years later. It really makes me speechless.
After being silent for a long time, he suddenly burst into tears and said, "Little beast, little beast, you only care about yourself and save your life. Little did you know that your mother, brothers, and my eldest grandson are all in Shengjing (Shenyang) .Unfilial son, your surrender has harmed the lives of the whole family!"
Ma Siwen grinned and said, "Don't worry, father. I have asked Marshal Yang to ask Jia Hu to lead people on fast horses to Shengjing to pick up my mother, aunt, brothers, sisters and children."
Ma Guangyuan was stunned after hearing this. He didn't say surrender or not.
Suddenly two more cavalry came galloping, they were Manchurian generals Tan Bu and Yue Erduo.
"Brother Ma, can you recognize an old friend?"
Ma Guangyuan took a closer look and found that the two looked familiar, "Who are the two generals?"
"Haha", Tan Bu smiled sadly, "I am Shu Mulu Tan Bu, the younger brother of Shu Mulu Tan Tai, and this is Yuer Duo. Back in the capital, my brother and Brother Ma were close friends."
It turned out that Tan Tai admired Sinology very much, was a confidant with Chen Mingxia, the leader of the Southern Party, and also had friendship with Ma Guangyuan and other Han officials.
Ma Guangyuan was shocked: "The two generals are Manchu generals. Why are they wearing Ming armor? Could it be that they have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty?"
Tan Bu said bitterly: "My brother followed Taizu and Emperor Taizong to fight in the south and north, but he was unexpectedly killed by the pseudo-emperor Shunzhi in the name of being attached to Dorgon. How could the pseudo-emperor achieve anything despite his petty cruelty? His Majesty, Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, The talent is unparalleled and the sea is open to all rivers. Sooner or later, he will conquer the world. Brother Ma must not hesitate and return quickly."
When Ma Guangyuan heard this, he realized that even the Manchu generals had surrendered. He was not a Manchu, so why did he die in vain? He immediately ordered the south gate to be opened and surrendered.
Suddenly there was a commotion at the east gate, Jia La Zhang Jing Zhou Xiong, Niu Lu Zhang Jing Zhang Da victory, Chen Tong led more than a thousand soldiers to rush out.
It turned out that most of Ma Guangyuan's subordinates had joined the banner and were paid by the banner, and most of their family members were not in the city. They were afraid that their families would be harmed after the dawn, so they fled through the door.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Dynasty Xian, generals Li Rubi and Chen Ze led more than 10,000 troops to surround the Eight Banners Han troops who refused to surrender and slaughtered them all.
The surrender of Ma Guangyuan and other big traitors means that as the Ming army continues to win, the rule of the Qing court is shaking.
This chapter has been completed!