One hundred and fiftieth chapter Dingyuan battle extra chapter
Just when the second phase of the Dingyuan operation began, a battle also took place in the far south. Unlike the Guanning army and the Russian army, which fought with infantry, this battle was dominated by the navy, and both sides fought
It was a large-scale naval battle. [ ] The result of the war was that the Ming Taiwan Navy commanded by Liu Guoxuan was completely annihilated. This battle marked the complete destruction of the last trace of the Ming Dynasty's fragrance in China. And it was ruined through the ages.
The traitors Shi Lang and Yao Qisheng were both Han Chinese.
Zhao Qiang, who had been paying attention to the movements of various troops for the past few days, did not originally think of coming to Taiwan, but for some reason, after the Northern Pioneer Team set off, he felt a little sleepy. Thinking that he had not had a good rest for a long time, he handed over some matters.
He returned to everywhere and fell asleep with his head covered. But the strange thing was that although he was sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep. In desperation, Zhao Qiang had to sit on the bed and wonder what was wrong with him. After a long time, he realized that it was the south
Taiwan affected his nerves. Although he never thought about this doomed war and the war that haunted the Han people, the fact of this war that Kangxi so-called "unified" the country really made Zhao Qiang
Extremely sad.
I'm sorry for the misfortune of the Han people, I'm sorry for the Zheng family's failure to fight, I'm sorry for my own inability to do anything, I'm sorry for the injustice of heaven, and I'm a great man!
Zhao Qiang doesn't have a good impression of the Zheng family, but no matter what the purpose of their political group is to support the Ming Dynasty, after all, Taiwan is Han Chinese and the clothes have been passed down. The Zheng family still has more merit than fault. Zhao Qiang sighed secretly and thought about it.
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In the 19th year of Kangxi, Zheng Jing lost the war with the Qing Dynasty, abandoned Xiamen and Kinmen, and retreated to Taiwan. Yao Qisheng, the governor of Fujian, planned to take advantage of the situation to attack Taiwan, but was opposed by Wan Zhengse, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, and some ministers supported Wan Zhengse's method. Kangxi
He was also worried that Wu Shi, who was in the southwest, had not been resolved, so he decided to postpone the attack.
In the 20th year of Kangxi's reign, a coup occurred in the Zheng Dynasty. Zheng Ke, who was only 12 years old, succeeded as King of Yanping. The power was actually controlled by Feng Xifan and Liu Guoxuan. The centripetal force of the Zheng family officials began to waver. Fu Weilin, who was responsible for negotiating peace with the Qing Dynasty, even wanted to be an internal supporter.
Yao Qisheng thought it was a good time to attack Taiwan, but Wan Zhengse still opposed sending troops. Yao Qisheng knew that Shi Lang hated the Zheng dynasty and would definitely help him defeat the Zheng army, so he asked Emperor Kangxi to send Shi Lang. Emperor Kangxi was also dissatisfied with Wan Zhengse's anti-war attitude, so he
It was agreed that Shi Lang would be appointed as the admiral of the navy, and Wan Zhenghui would be appointed as the admiral of the land division.
According to Kangxi's plan, Yao Qisheng, Wan Zhengse, and Governor Wu Xingzuo should discuss the battle together. However, Shi Lang planned to exclude Yao Qisheng and others from restraint so that he could attack Taiwan with full power. However, Emperor Kangxi only agreed that Wu Xingzuo would be in charge of logistics, and still ordered Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang
Send troops together.
On the fifth day of May in the 21st year of Kangxi, the Qing army arrived at Tongshan Island, but Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang had a dispute over the timing of sending troops. Yao Qisheng advocated using the north wind in winter, while Shi Lang advocated using the south wind in summer, which led to the smooth dispatch of troops by the Qing army. In the end,
Kangxi ordered Shi Lang to take charge of frontline operations on the sixth day of October, and Yao Qisheng was reassigned to logistics operations, allowing Shi Lang to obtain the command as he wished. On the third day of November, Shi Lang led about 21,000 people and 23 warships to Xinghua Pinghaiwei to train troops.
Yao Qisheng fell behind in military power. In order to prevent Shi Lang from winning the war alone, he turned to negotiations with the Zheng Dynasty. However, Shi Lang was determined to fight, and Liu Guoxuan, who was in charge of the negotiations, did not accept shaving his hair and changing clothes, so the negotiations broke down. On May 22, the 22nd year of Kangxi's reign,
On the third day, Kangxi ordered Shi Lang to attack as soon as possible, so the Battle of Penghu broke out in June.
In the 33rd year of Yongli, Taiwan adopted the Yongli era name. The Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented a border relocation order, which severely affected the trade of the Zheng Dynasty. There were also problems with food supply. Zheng Jing ordered that each household must pay an extra dou of rice every month. General
He also had to use his own salary to serve in the army, but he still could not solve the crisis. At that time, the British business office treated the Zheng Dynasty like this: "The situation of the King of Taiwan is very unstable and it is difficult to resist the Manchus. The Manchus often resort to intimidation.
Its wealth has been consumed, so it imposes excessive levies on the people every day, but it cannot satisfy the army. Therefore, our country is not only threatened by the enemy Qing army, but also afraid that the Zheng army will rebel due to lack of pay."
After Zheng Jing retreated to Taiwan in the 34th year of Yongli Dynasty, Penghu became an important frontline location, but the defense was very weak. It was not until Shi Lang arrived in Xiamen in October and Fu Weilin's internal response to the Qing army broke out that Liu Guoxuan went to Penghu to strengthen the defense. After Liu Guoxuan arrived in Penghu
, build forts at Niangma Palace, Fengguiwei, Sijiaoyu, and Jilongyu; set up forts at Dongshi, Xizhi, the inner chasm, the outer chasm, Xiyutou, and Niuxin Mountain. At the same time, build low walls and deploy firecrackers on the seaside to prevent
Qing troops landed.
In the thirty-seventh year of Yongli reign, Liu Guoxuan learned that Shi Lang was preparing to attack, so he dispatched rural soldiers from the main island of Taiwan to Penghu, and converted merchant ships and private ships into warships in preparation for the decisive battle.
On June 14, the 22nd year of Kangxi, Shi Lang set out from Tongshan Island, and Yao Qisheng also assigned 3,000 men to go out with Shi Lang. On the 15th, the Zheng Jun sentry ship discovered that the Qing army had arrived in the Huayu and Maoyu areas, and quickly reported to Liu Guoxuan.
That night, the Qing army spent the night on Badou Island.
On the 16th, Shi Lang attacked the Niangma Palace, using fast bird boats as the vanguard. Liu Guoxuan asked Lin Sheng and Jiang Sheng to command the navy; Qiu Hui was the vanguard and supervised the battle at the port of the Niangma Palace. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was hampered by the wind.
The Zheng army did not dare to advance, and only seven fleets headed by Lan Li broke into the Zheng army.
Shi Lang sent out a second wave of bird-ship troops. Soon after the battle, the tide began to rise. Some Qing ships were rushed to the shore by the sea water. Zheng Jun took advantage of the situation and divided the fleet into two wings to surround the Qing army. Seeing this, Shi Lang quickly broke into Zheng Jun, hoping to rescue the besieged army.
The ship was surrounded by Lin Sheng's army. Shi Lang was shot in the right eye by a fire cannon during the battle, but he was not blind; Lin Sheng also had his left leg broken by a cannon. Lin Sheng's injury caused Zheng's army to lose command, and Shi Lang took the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield.
, rest in the sea near Xiyu Island.
Shi Lang returned to Badou Island on the 17th. The terrain of Badou Island is dangerous, and ships can easily hit the reefs on the island in a storm. June of the lunar calendar is a time prone to typhoons, but Shi Lang was lucky not to encounter a typhoon. Liu Guoxuan learned that
The Qing army rested on Badou Island and attacked in person but was repelled by Shi Lang. Shi Lang took advantage of the situation and occupied Hujing Island and Tongpan Island on the 18th.
On the 22nd, Shi Lang decided to launch a general attack and divided the fleet into three lines of attack, leaving about 0 ships as backup troops: Line: a total of 56 ships, divided into teams, each with 7 ships. Shi Lang personally commanded it as
The main force attacked the Niangma Palace. The right route: a total of 50 ships, attacked Jilong Island and Sijiao Island from Dongshi, and then joined the central troops to attack the Zheng Army. The left route: a total of 50 ships, attacked Niuxin Bay from the inner chasm.
, causing Zheng Jun to misjudge that the Qing army was going to land here.
Before dawn, a typhoon began to blow. Affected by the typhoon at Chenshi, a northwest wind blew from the sea. The Zheng army followed the wind and attacked, and was at an advantage for a while. The Qing general Zhu Tiangui was killed by artillery fire. At noon, the typhoon was affected by the equatorial frontal belt, and the sea began to blow.
A southerly wind blew, and the wind direction changed in favor of the Qing army. Shi Lang ordered the entire army to counterattack, launched various firearms in accordance with the wind, and besieged the Zheng army with several ships. The Zheng army completely collapsed, Jiang Sheng died in the battle, and Qiu Hui.
Seeing that the situation was over, Liu Guoxuan led the remaining troops to retreat from Houmen to Taiwan. Zheng's troops on various islands in Penghu surrendered to Shi Lang. After Shi Lang's victory, he considered that Taiwan's waterways were very dangerous and would make it difficult to advance. Shi Lang decided to postpone the attack and adopt mind-attack tactics to let Zheng
The dynasty collapsed from within. Shi Lang sent people to treat the injured Zheng troops who surrendered, and provided them with clothes and food, and then sent the soldiers back to Taiwan. He also recruited Zheng Jun generals as internal agents. He You, who was defending Tamsui, first had an affair with Shi Lang, and other generals also
follow up.
News of Zheng Jun's defeat reached Taiwan, and people began to feel uneasy. In order to continue the survival of the regime, some generals proposed attacking the Philippines, and Feng Xifan agreed. However, it was reported that the expeditionary force only wanted to rob and also planned to flee overseas, so Liu Guoxuan blocked this plan.
Later, under Liu Guoxuan's strong advocacy, Zheng Ke surrendered to Shi Lang on July 15th, and on August 18th, he shaved his head and changed his clothes, officially declaring the demise of the Zheng dynasty.
It was considered that Taiwan had been lost, but it was a pity that the 100,000 Han people were gone. Zhao Qiang felt a little heavy. Once upon a time, he had also entertained the idea of moving the Han people in Taiwan to the Far East, but building a huge navy left him unable to do anything but sigh.
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The performance of Zheng's army in the Battle of Penghai can only be said to be average. Some sacrificed their lives for the country, and some committed suicide because they were unwilling to surrender. There were even more generals who died in the battle, but the tragedy was far less tragic and painful than the Battle of Yashan.
Desperate.
Zhao Qiang admitted that his mood during the Penghu Battle was completely different from the heaviness of the Yashan Battle. The Penghu Battle made him feel regretful, but the Yashan Battle made him cry uncontrollably.
The same foreign invasion, the same final battle of the Han people! The Southern Song Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty are so similar, but in the final battle of national integrity, the difference between the two is world-wide.
Although the Southern Song Dynasty court surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan in Lin'an, Fujian and two large areas were still under the control of the exiled small court. Li Tingzhi also carried out tenacious resistance in the Huaidong and Huaixi areas. However, Huaidong, Huaixi and other places successively
It fell, and Li Tingzhi died in battle. In November of the first year of Jingyan, the Yuan army approached Fuzhou. At this time, Fuzhou had 170,000 regular troops, 300,000 militiamen, and 10,000 Huai soldiers, enough to fight. However, Chen Yi, who presided over the government, was timid.
Afraid of trouble, the small court began to flee again before its foothold was stable. After leaving Fuzhou, the small court had no choice but to flee everywhere, traveling to Quanzhou, Chaozhou, Huizhou and other places. In the spring of the third year of Jingyan's reign, he came to the vicinity of Leizhou. On the way to escape, Prime Minister Chen
It was a good idea to contact Champa and never return. Duanzong fell ill on the way to escape and died on April 15th at the age of 11. After Duanzong's death, the leader of the group saw that the small court was about to fall apart, so Lu Xiufu became impassioned.
, boost morale:
"Why did you disperse? The son of Du Zong is still there, what should he do? The ancients relied on one city and one brigade to revive, not to mention there are thousands of soldiers today. As long as God does not destroy the Zhao family, can't we rely on this to create another one?
Country?" The ministers then supported the 7-year-old Zhao as emperor and changed the name to Xiangxing.
The Yuan army marched step by step, and soon Leizhou fell, and the situation was critical. Zhang Shijie led his troops to counterattack Leizhou several times, but all failed, so he moved the exile regime to Yashan. History seemed destined to choose this place to turn an unprecedented tragic page. The Song Army
When they arrived at Yashan, there were still 200,000 regular troops and militiamen, while the attacking Yuan army only had tens of thousands. In terms of military strength, there was a huge difference between the two sides. Moreover, the Yuan army was not good at water warfare, so the Song army suspected that it had an advantage. But Zhang Shijie was in command at this time.
He made a serious mistake. He judged that the Mongols' advantage was the cavalry and they were not good at water warfare. They must rely on the navy to fight them. Therefore, he gave up control of the Yamen entrance to the sea, moved more than a thousand warships back to the mountains and faced the sea, and used large ships to attack them.
The wooden warships were connected with ropes and fences were built on all sides to form a water fortress phalanx. Both sides of the wooden warships were covered with padding to defend against the rockets and crossbows of the Yuan army. Zhao's warships were located in the phalanx and planned to defend here.
Zhang Shijie's mistakes in this move were: first, he gave up control of the estuary, which was tantamount to handing over the initiative of the war to the other side; second, he connected more than a thousand warships with large ropes to form a water fortress.
After that, Zhang Hongfan led a large number of Yuan troops to arrive, took control of the entrance to the south of Yashan, and cut off all Song Army's retreat routes from the north and south flanks. The Song Army fell into a situation of isolated reinforcements.
For more than 10 days after that, the Song army could only eat dry food to satisfy their hunger and drink sea water to quench their thirst. Soldiers who drank sea water continued to vomit, and their combat effectiveness was seriously weakened.
At that time, Zhang Shijie had a nephew who was in the Yuan army. Zhang Hongfan sent him to the Song camp three times to persuade Zhang Shijie to surrender. Zhang Shijie said: "I know that I was born and rich, but my righteousness cannot be changed!".
Zhang Hongfan also asked the imprisoned Tianxiang to write a letter to recruit Zhang Shijie to surrender. Tianxiang said: "I can't defend my parents, but teach people to rebel against their parents. What can I do?" So he wrote the song "Crossing the Lingding Ocean" that has been passed down through the ages.
After all the hardships have been encountered, only the stars around are scattered in the fighting.
The mountains and rivers are broken, the wind flutters and the catkins float, and the life experience is ups and downs, and the rain hits the rafters.
Afraid: I am afraid on the beach, I am alone in the ocean.
Since ancient times, whoever dies has left a loyal heart to illuminate history.
Zhang Hongfan then sent someone to tell the people of Yashan: "Prime Minister Chen Yi has gone to capture the city, and Prime Minister Tianxiang has already captured the city. What else do you want?" However, the soldiers and people rebelled!
On the morning of the sixth day of February, the Yuan army launched a general offensive. Yuan general Li Heng commanded the navy to take advantage of the low tide in the morning and the southward flow of sea water to cross the shallow water that was usually difficult for warships to cross, and launched a surprise attack against the Song army from the north.
At noon, the Song army in the north had been defeated by the Yuan army. The Yuan army in the south, under the command of Zhang Hongfan, took advantage of the high tide at noon and the sea water flowed north to launch another attack on the Song army. The Song army was attacked from the north and south, and the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted.
Tired and fighting hard, the whole front was defeated. The battle lasted from dawn to dusk, and the Song army was in chaos. Zhang Shijie ordered to cut off the ropes and led more than 10 warships to escort Queen Mother Yang to break out. Zhang Shijie led the fleet to the outside and saw that Zhao's imperial ship was too large.
Unable to break through the encirclement, he sent a small boat to pick him up. It was already late, the sea was stormy, and no one could be seen on the opposite side. Lu Xiufu was afraid that the boat was a fake of the Yuan army, so he flatly refused to pick up Zhao. Zhang Shijie had no choice but to lead a warship to escort him.
Empress Dowager Yang fought her way out of Yamen.
The defeat of the Song army was determined, and Lu Xiufu knew that there was no possibility of escape, so he drove his wife and son into the sea, and then said to Zhao: "The matter has come to this, your majesty must die for the country. Emperor Deyou has been humiliated so much, your majesty cannot
More humiliation!"
Zhao was wearing a dragon robe and a jade seal on his chest. He only said "I know" and jumped into the sea with Lu Xiufu to commit suicide. A few days later, Lu Xiufu's body surfaced from the sea and was buried by local villagers at the risk of death. The Yuan army was cleaning up
On the battlefield, a corpse of a young child wearing yellow clothes was found with a golden seal and the words "Edict's Treasure" on his body. He sent it to Zhang Hongfan and it was confirmed that it was the jade seal brought by Zhao. When Zhang Hongfan sent people to look for Zhao's body again,
, whereabouts are unknown.
Zhang Shijie protected Empress Dowager Yang to break out of the siege. After hearing the news of the emperor's death, Empress Dowager Yang covered her chest with her hands and cried loudly: "I didn't care about life and death, and traveled thousands of miles to come here, in order to save the blood of the Zhao family, and now I have hope!" So she jumped!
He died at sea. The Yuan army continued to send heavy troops to pursue Zhang Shijie, while the weak Song army fought and fled. Zhang Shijie planned to rectify the army and horses after capturing the city and then try to recover. On the fourth day of May, the ship encountered a typhoon at Pingzhang Port in Nan'enzhou. His subordinates persuaded
When he landed, he said no, burned incense, looked up to the sky and worshiped: "I have done my best for the Zhao family. One king died, another king was established, and now he is dead again. I will not die because I want to preserve the ancestors of the Zhao family."
If heaven does not allow me to recover the Zhao family, the strong wind will capsize my boat!" At this time, the wind and waves became stronger, the boat capsized and people were killed. The surviving soldiers burned and buried Zhang Shijie's body, and the tomb is still on Hailing Island. This remaining army of the Southern Song Dynasty
The resistance has been completely overwhelmed.
When the situation was over, in order to prevent the warships from falling into the hands of the enemy, the Song army scuttled hundreds of warships. Then, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty, including officials, soldiers, women, and civilians, did not want to be destroyed by the brutal Mongols.
Slaved by the political power, they committed suicide one after another...
The History of the Song Dynasty compiled by Meng Yuan objectively recorded this historical fact: Seven days later, hundreds of thousands of corpses were floating in the sea...100,000 people committed suicide.
In the vast history of the country, there is only one line left about the Battle of Yashan, but the shocking meaning behind it made Zhao Qiang sigh.
Although the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the defeat was so tragic and fierce. Compared with the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was shocking. After the Penghai naval battle, a large number of Zheng army generals surrendered, and the huge island of Taiwan died for the Ming Dynasty.
There are no more than a thousand people. The number of thousands and the number of hundreds of thousands are by no means a comparison of numbers!
Why? Where has the integrity of us Han people gone? Is it true that Yashan is really beautiful? Is there really no integrity of the Han people? No! Thinking of his heartache, Zhao Qiang kicked the table over and almost roared in the room. He was so frightened.
The guards outside came in and stared at the division commander in shock, wondering what was wrong with the division commander.
"Go and set up a mourning hall for me."
Zhao Qiang breathed out a painful sigh. No matter what happens in the Penghu naval battle, those generals and soldiers who died in the battle will always have someone to set up an incense hall for them. He can't change the outcome by himself, so he can only pay tribute to them with his heart.
This chapter is a side story. Because the Battle of Penghu happened at the same time, I use some pen and ink to write down the general story. The Battle of Yashan was really a whim of Bones. I typed out more in tears. For this chapter, I will treat it as Bones speaking for itself.
Talk nonsense.
The second and third updates will be released later.