Three hundred and eighty first chapter Guangning surrendered
Wanghai Fort is located 30 miles northeast of Jinzhou. During the Ming Dynasty, Jinzhou Guards once set up a hundred households here. After the Jin army occupied Jinzhou, they also stationed troops at Wanghai Fort out of precaution against Dongjiang Town. However, the soldiers and horses did not There are only 200 people under the Han banner, and there are thousands of Han people who were originally fishermen and are now the Eight Banners Aha. There are two small farming forts between Wanghaibao and Jinzhou, and more than 700 people were killed in the Guangning War. Captured soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. (Author's note: Aha, Manchuria's contemptuous name for the Han people who were enslaved under their banner)
Different from the Manchu Eight Banners, although the Han Eight Banners also adopted the system of the Ming Army, the banner still followed the system of the Ming Army. For example, Ge Mingchang and Li Peiguo, who were stationed in Jinzhou, were assistant leaders in front of the Manchus, but they were Qian Zongzong in front of their subordinates and Han people. Officer. Zhou Wuchang, the commander stationed at Wanghai Fort, was a subordinate of Li Peiguo. This person paid gold with Li Peiguo after the defeat of Guangning in the second year of Tianqi. His soldiers were all Ming troops who participated in the Battle of Guangning.
Regarding the Battle of Guangning ten years ago, people like Zhou Wuchang who experienced it personally were unwilling to say much because they couldn't say anything. If they had to say something, it might be their resentment towards Sun Degong's betrayal.
After the fall of Liaoyang and Shenyang in the first year of Tianqi, the Ming court sent Donglin Party member Xiong Tingbi and "Eunuch Party" Wang Huazhen out to clean up the situation. Wang Huazhen was enterprising and eager to recover, and strategically focused on offense; Xiong Tingbi insisted on focusing on defense. , has no interest in offensive propositions. From a defensive perspective alone, Xiong Tingbi's deployment is doubtful, but Xiong Tingbi ignored one issue, which is the expectation of the three million Han people in Liaodong for the Ming army to regain their lost land and their unwillingness to be slaves of foreigners. of blood.[
After the Jin army captured Liaoshen, Nurhachi implemented a high-pressure policy of massacre against the Han people. Those Han people in Liaodong who did not want to be the victims of the Jin army took up arms to resist the Jin army. During the Jin Dynasty, the guards, soldiers and civilians and the Dongshan miners were restored, and many enemies were formed. The stronghold was fortified, waiting for the government troops. No less than 20,000 people fled into North Korea. Those old, weak, women and children who resisted were hoping for the government troops to come to rescue them day and night. During the massacres that lasted for several months , no less than a million Han people were massacred in Liaodong, so Xiong Tingbi's main defense was to give up all those Han people who were still resisting and let them be killed. Wang Huazhen was on the contrary. The purpose of his insistence on attacking was to rescue these Han people who were in dire straits. At that time, he sent no fewer than dozens of envoys to contact the Han people in revolt.
In the first month of the second year of Tianqi, Nurhaci made the first move, with 50,000 Jin troops crossing the Liao River westward to attack Xiping Fort. Xiping Fort was an important barrier on the outskirts of Guangning, and together with Zhenwu Fort and Luyang Post, they were guarded in the shape of "pin". In Guangning, deputy general Luo Yiguan led his troops to garrison here. When the Jin soldiers came to attack, Luo Yiguan ordered his general Hei Yunlong to lead his troops out of the city to fight. He was outnumbered and Hei Yunlong was defeated and died. The Jin soldiers surrounded Xiping Fort and headed towards the south gate. Launched a fierce attack, Luo Yiguan led his troops to hold on and fired back artillery, causing many casualties to the Jin army.
Li Yongfang, who surrendered to the Jin Army, attempted to recruit Luo Yiguan to surrender. He raised a flag to surrender and sent an envoy to the city to persuade him to surrender. Luo Yiguan had always been loyal and loyal, and he angrily rebuked the envoy: "Don't you know that I am a loyal person?" He ordered the future envoys to be beheaded and raised tit-for-tat surrender flags on the city. Hou Jin became angry and attacked even more fiercely.
Wang Huazhen ordered his trusted general Sun Degong and his general Zu Dashou to lead the Guangning troops to rescue Xiping Fort. At the same time, he ordered the commander-in-chief Qi Bingzhong to lead the Luyang post troops to rescue. Xiong Tingbi also ordered the commander-in-chief Liu Qu to lead the Zhenwu Fort troops to rescue. Wang Huazhen originally The original Ming Dynasty guerrilla Li Yongfang in Fushun wanted to use Sun Degong to instigate a rebellion and surrender to Hou Jin. Unexpectedly, Sun Degong was instigated by Li Yongfang to rebel, and he had already surrendered to Hou Jin.
The three reinforcements of the Ming Army encountered the Jin Army near Shaling. Liu Qu led his troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Jin Army. They fought three battles in a row, and the Ming Army had a slight upper hand. At this time, Sun Degong stepped forward and feinted a shot, shouting that the army was defeated.
, and the participating general Bao Chengxian led their troops to turn around and escape. The Ming army suddenly fell into chaos. The soldiers fled one after another and were defeated like a mountain. Ge Mingchang, Li Peiguo, Zhou Wuchang and others were captured in this battle and paid gold.
Only then did we realize that their every move had been known to the Jin Army.
Liu Qu, who was fighting with the enemy, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly retreated, fled to Shaling, where he fell off his horse and was killed. Qi Bingzhong fought while sick and was hit by two knives and three arrows. He escaped from the siege with the support of his servants and was seriously injured on the way to escape.
and died. Sun Degong rushed all the way to Guangning, shouting that the Jin army was approaching the city. The city of Guangning suddenly exploded. The soldiers and civilians rushed to the door and fled. Gao Bangzuo, who was involved in politics, hurriedly stopped him, but no one listened to him. Wang Huazhen had just gotten up at this time.
, while reading the documents, Jiang Chaodong, the general of the Ministry, kicked open the door of the bedroom. Without any explanation, he grabbed Wang Huazhen and ran away. Wang Huazhen, like a frightened bird, fled westward in a hurry under the protection of Jiang Chaodong.
After the Jin army defeated the three reinforcements, they continued to besiege Xiping Fort. Luo Yiyi maintained his consistent style and responded to Hou Jin's persuasion to surrender with cannons and stones. He dealt a heavy blow to the Jin soldiers, who suffered heavy casualties. Later, gunpowder and arrows and stones were used.
When they were exhausted, the Jin army took the opportunity to erect ladders to attack the city. At the last moment, Luo Yiguan looked at the tower and worshiped him, committing suicide and martyrdom for his country.
After Luo Yiguan's death, the three thousand soldiers in the city continued to resist, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In the end, all of them were killed and one person surrendered. At this time, Xiong Tingbi led his troops to Luyang Post and heard the news of Wang Huazhen's defeat. Consultant Xing Shenyan asked for quick rescue.
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Wang Huazhen fled to Luyangyi and met Xiong Tingbi. He cried bitterly to Xiong Tingbi, but Xiong Tingbi rejoiced in his misfortune and rubbed salt into Wang Huazhen's wounds. He said: "You are going to lead 60,000 troops to conquer Liaoyang in one fell swoop. What will happen now?"
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Wang Huazhen was ashamed, but did not lose his mind. He suggested that Xiong Tingbi immediately send troops to defend Ningyuan and Qiantun. However, Xiong Tingbi said: "Haha, it's too late. We can only take the refugees back to Shanhaiguan."
At this time, Gao Bangzuo, who participated in politics, arrived and reported to Xiong Tingbi that the Jin army had not entered Guangning City. Guangning was still an empty city. He asked Xiong Tingbi to lead his troops back to garrison, but Xiong Tingbi refused to listen. Gao Bangzuo said, since you can't go back to garrison in person, how can you
You can't lend me 5,000 troops to garrison, but Xiong Tingbi still doesn't allow it and insists on withdrawing into the pass.
He gave Wang Huazhen five thousand troops and ordered him to take charge of the rear of the palace, burn the grain and grass, and lead his deputy envoys to go up. Hu Jiadong retreated into the pass first. Gao Bangzuo couldn't bear to throw away the great rivers and mountains in vain, but he was unable to do so, and he was unwilling to die.
After entering the customs and walking to Xingshan Station, I was so worried and angry that I protested by committing suicide.
At this point, the Guangning War ended with Xiong Tingbi giving up all the Ming Dynasty's land outside the Pass. Although the two people involved were eventually executed by the Ming court, their performance in this battle made future generations wonder: Who was right and who was wrong?
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Wang Huazhen advocated the war, but at the critical moment he was as timid as a mouse and ran away. However, he was courageous and proactive. At that time, everyone regarded Liaodong as a fearful road, which was really commendable.
On the other hand, Xiong Tingbi was brave in civil war but timid in foreign war. He was brave in civil struggle and timid in armed struggle. He stationed himself at Shanhaiguan in the rear area. He showed no desire to regain the lost territory and save the Han people. Instead, he destroyed the Ming Dynasty's Jinxiu River and Mountains outside the pass and millions of Liaodong people.
The safety of the Han people was used as a stone to attack political enemy Wang Huazhen. When Wang Huazhen was defeated, he took pleasure in others' misfortune, obstructed Xing Shenyan's rescue of Wang Huazhen, and refused Gao Bangzuo to return to defend the empty city of Guangning. It can be said that he ignored the country for his own selfish interests, and was later killed.
Consider yourself worthy of death.
Ten years have passed, and the parties involved in the "Jingfu War" have already gone to hell, and all the bloody Han people have been massacred. Everything has been irreversible. If there is anything left from this war, it is probably
The Ming army surrendered in Zhou Wuchang and the bones are still scattered everywhere in the land of Liaodong where people gathered.
They also hate Sun Degong, Zhou Wuchang and others in their hearts, but the other party is now the third-class Mele Zhangjing of the Kingdom of Jin. So what can they do if they hate him? What they can do is to be a monk and ring the clock for a day.
They honestly guarded the Liaodong coastal defense for Dajin. The idea of escaping was something they never dared to think about. They had already experienced the fighting power of the Eight Banners Army, and no one wanted to fight those murderous demons again.
Wanghai Fort has been stationed here for more than four years. During these four years, the weather has been calm. I originally hoped that the Ming army from Dongjiang could come ashore to rescue them. However, in these four years, not to mention the figures of the Ming army, even the ghosts were seen.
Less than one.
Ten years is enough time to erase the unwillingness in anyone's heart. Now, Zhou Wuchang is ready to treat the commander of Wanghai Fort until death. After all, King Khan showed mercy and carried them into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, allowing them to continue to serve as soldiers and pay.
Isn’t it much better than those Ahabs who work as slaves of cattle and horses?[
Mr. Li Qian also sympathized with these old brothers and selected some women from Ahari to be their wives. The year before last, his wife had given birth to a big fat boy for him. Zhou Wuchang had no idea at all.
It's hard to say whether there are still relatives in my distant hometown. I heard that there are rogue bandits in the customs right now, and my age is not good. I guess my hometown may have suffered a disaster long ago.
When he had free time, Zhou Wuchang liked to go fishing at sea, but he did not dare to go too far. After all, the sea was still controlled by the Ming army, so he only cast a few nets near the sea and returned with a full load every time. It would be larger.
Yes, the rare fish sent to Jinzhou can always be exchanged for the approval of Master Manzhou and Mr. Qian, and sometimes they will also reward you with some wine, food and silver. This makes Zhou Wuchang very satisfied. What else is there in life like this?
Very much sought after.
Yesterday morning, President Qian in the city sent someone to tell Zhou Wuchang that senior Manchurian officials from Jinzhou City would come to Wanghai Fort the day after tomorrow. They said they were going to welcome a Ming Dynasty surrender general, and they had brought many warships and cannons.
The Manchurian gentlemen took this matter very seriously and asked Zhou Wuchang to clean up his house and not to let the Manchurian gentlemen dislike him when he came over. Xu knew that Zhou Wuchang was also in trouble here, so the city even sent people to help, Niu
Hundreds of sheep were delivered at once, and a lot of gongs and drums were also delivered. Today Li Peichang personally came to inspect and praised Zhou Wuchang for doing a good job, which made Zhou Wuchang extremely happy. But, in order to welcome Manzhou
When the old man came, he took out all his belongings and even sent his wife to help. If this could not satisfy Mr. Qian, he, Zhou Wuchang, would have to bang his head on the door.
In the evening, a group of Eight Banners cavalry came to the city. Zhou Wuchang thought they were Mongolian soldiers, but they turned out to be real Manchu soldiers. The leader was Zuo Ling Balla. Zhou Wuchang was so frightened that he hurried forward to kowtow. Balla did not
Paying attention to him, he led his men to inspect the fort, and then asked Zhou Wuchang to prepare a place for the Manchurian cavalry to live.
It was a good thing that Zhou Wuchang could not even think of for a Manchu man to stay in his little fort for one night. He hurriedly led people to vacate the best room in the fort, and also packed up his own room to invite Mr. Balla.
Check in.
After the good wine and food were brought in, the Manchu gentlemen made a fuss for a long time, and everyone got drunk. Zhou Wuchang hurriedly sent someone to bring hot water for the Manchu gentlemen to wash up, and they were busy until late at night.
After settling in, I returned to my wife's house to rest with excitement and happiness.
Before dawn the next day, Zhou Wuchang was awakened by the movement outside. When he came out, he saw two generals, Ge Mingchang and Li Peiguo, in the city, chatting with a Manchu general on horseback.
There were three people who looked like Han officials beside them. Outside the fort, hundreds of Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were standing on their horses, waiting for orders.