Xuzhou is a heroic city. The gains and losses of Pengcheng reflect the rise and fall of the north and the south.
The views of ancient and modern military strategists are essentially the same, that is, the Battle of Xuzhou is often a decisive battle related to the rise and fall of both the enemy and ourselves, rather than a general battle that is not related to life and death.
Gu Kecheng fought and retreated from the main camp in the city, and led more than thousands of people to retreat safely to Xuzhou City. Xu Du, who was appointed by Gu Kecheng as the envoy of the four-sided prison of Xuzhou, was now leading the civilians to repair the city defenses on the top of the city.
, to strengthen the barriers, it is enough to imagine how excited and relieved everyone was on the city wall when they saw Gu Kecheng's remnant soldiers withdrawing intact.
"Gu Jinglue!"
"Messenger!"
"General!"
The Xuzhou defenders opened the city gate, and Xu Du and Yan Ermei took the generals in Xuzhou City, the leaders of the gentry, the rebel heroes, and the leaders of the newly liberated slaves and armed forces, and went out of the city to welcome Gu Kecheng's return.
The clothing of the group of people was very different. The generals of the subordinate army all wore armor, the leaders of the gentry mostly wore net scarves and green robes, the heroes of the rebel army mostly wore half-armour, and the leaders of the slave armed forces were all dressed in shorts.
Soldiers and civilians from different classes and groups all followed Xu Du. Under the banner of the Dashun Army, none of this seemed surprising or contradictory.
In order to "resist the captives", in order to resist Dorgon's hair-cutting order that trampled on the dignity of the Han nation and destroyed the living habits of most people for thousands of years, it was also to resist the burning, looting and the most unrestricted plunder and looting by the Qing army during their southern expedition.
During the massacre, everyone, everyone who could take up arms, was united under the banner of the Dashun Army.
When Gu Kecheng saw this scene, he suddenly remembered that about ten years ago, when he was still working as a servant for a general in the northern Shaanxi frontier fortress, he was ordered to go to the countryside to collect land rent from military households and tenant farmers, because
It was a time of severe drought and famine, and Gu Kecheng harvested less than half a bushel. As a result, he was almost beaten to death by the general's family.
Now, under the banner of the Dashun Army, have the former whippers and the whipped come together?
He looked at the expressions of the gentry, who were reserved and proud, but also a little bit hopeful. He looked at the expressions of the slaves and tenant farmers, who also had a bit of nervousness in their hope and longing.
It seems that the soldiers from all classes and groups, united under the banner of the Dashun Army, are indeed sincerely determined to carry out a comprehensive war of resistance.
"Dorgon, Dorgon, how did you do it? Let the gentry and the slaves fight side by side with true feelings. This is a miracle that neither I nor the King of Jin can achieve!"
Xu Du looked at the troops that had completely withdrawn from Xuzhou, but Wang Deren could not be seen next to Gu Kecheng. Wang Zamao had a young and white head. He had always been the most conspicuous figure in the army in front of the palace, but today he was completely
There is no trace.
Xu Du had already felt something in his heart. He wanted to ask something or say something, but the fact had already been laid out in front of everyone.
At the end of last year, Wang Deren's wife had just given birth to a child, and she specifically asked Xu Du to name her. Xu Du remembered clearly that Wang Deren joked at the time, "I have been a thief for more than ten years, and I have read too few articles.
He is a scholar who is highly regarded by the king of Jin Dynasty. The literary star came down to earth and named our children, which can be regarded as a bit of literary talent."
Xu Du lowered his head. He, the envoy from Shandong, and the scholar highly valued by the King of Jin, had accomplished some great things!
"Gu Jinglue, General Wang...is he the queen of General Wang?"
Gu Kecheng nodded silently. He grabbed Xu Du's shoulders with both hands and remained silent for a long time before saying:
"Wang Deren fought to the death and bought more time for Xuzhou's defense. In the future...a hundred years later, his name of loyalty and bravery must be left in the history of Dashun."
Xu Du has prided himself on being a chivalrous person since he was young, but compared to Wang Deren's heroic sacrifice over the years, it is really nothing more than a joke.
Every time loyalty kills dogs, how can a person like Wang Zamao be said to have been a thief for more than ten years? He clearly served the people as a soldier for more than ten years.
Xu Du's eyes were wet and he whispered: "I was the one who gave the name to General Wang's son... Dashun cannot let the loyal ministers and righteous men feel cold. He must not be like Chongzhen who treated Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting harshly, which can destroy the hearts of heroes in the world."
Yan Ermei was not familiar with Wang Deren, but he, like the soldiers and civilians of all walks of life in Xuzhou City, knew that General Wang's sacrifice was entirely to give Xuzhou soldiers and civilians more time to strengthen the city's defense.
Even though we are strangers who have never met before, when I think of this, I feel a little bit of sadness and a surge of revengeful blood in my heart.
Perhaps it is because he is a stranger he has never met, or perhaps it is precisely because Wang Deren was once a poor border man who was oppressed by gentry and landowners. His sacrifice is felt in the hearts of these gentry and celebrities who think highly of themselves.
Amazing impact.
The gentry under the banner of the Dashun Army no longer dared, could not, and could no longer deceive themselves by saying that "the poor people's active sacrifices were infected by the gentry's loyalty."
They had to admit that when the nation, the country and the world faced a life-and-death crisis, the loyalty, integrity and morality of the poor were not only in no way inferior to those of the gentry who had enjoyed two hundred years of peace, but also were far far behind in terms of sacrifice.
Pass it.
Yan Ermei sighed: "A man like General Wang is far inferior to the real Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats!"
Gu Kecheng bit his mouth, clenched his hands and said: "General Wang has died. If we don't kill Chief Rui, how can we be worthy of the victims of Cizhou, Daming, Puzhou, Yuncheng, Peixian and Liucheng? How can we be worthy of the late emperor?
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"Xuzhou's military and civilians have been fully mobilized." Xu Du said, "There is no distinction between rich and poor in the city. The rich contribute money and the powerful contribute effort. Regardless of big or small households, there are people who go to the city to guard. The soldiers and civilians heard that
After the brutality of the soldiers, they would rather die than surrender."
When Xuzhou City was in the Yuan Dynasty, Tuo Tuo, the prime minister of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, led an army to suppress the Li Er uprising in Xuzhou. He bombarded the city with hundreds of cannons and completely destroyed it. The city was later built at the foot of Kuishan Mountain and renamed Wu'an Prefecture. Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty
During the period when Wu'an City was abandoned, it was moved back to its original site and rebuilt in Xuzhou City. The city wall was built with bricks and stones, with a circumference of more than nine miles. The height and width of the city were two feet and three feet, and the top width was one foot and one foot.
However, during the Tianqi period, the Yellow River burst its banks and the water was one foot three feet deep. Xuzhou City was completely flooded, so it was moved to Ershilipu in the south of the city for reconstruction. This was the second time Xuzhou moved the city.
After the flood of the Yellow River receded in the first year of Chongzhen, the city was silted up to one to five meters thick, and all cultural relics of the city were buried in the sand. During the military preparations, Tang Huan rebuilt the city on the original site, which was called Chongzhen City. The scale and shape of the city were similar to those of the Hongwu underground.
The cities are similar and overlap. The east gate and north gate of the city follow their old names, the west gate is renamed Wu'an Gate, and the south gate is renamed Kuiguang Gate.
The current Dashun Army is building on the foundation of Xuzhou City in the first year of Chongzhen, adding forts, camps and forts at each city gate. After Gu Kecheng passed the battle of staying in the city camp, he developed bastions and star fort-style defenses.
Design, more experience and experience.
He saw that the design and distribution of the many forts and camps built under the leadership of Xu Du were quite reasonable, and he became more confident in the prospects of Xuzhou's defensive operations.
"Additional earthen walls need to be added around the old city, and now most of the project has been completed." Xu Du said, "A new earthen city was built in Beiguan, and construction of the earthen cities in Xiguan, Southwest and Nanguan all started last year.
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The newly built earthen cities outside Xuzhou are equipped with six gates and dozens of forts, forming a corner-to-corner situation. The roads in Xuzhou City have also been repaired, and the roads in the city are neat.
Many of the carved and painted buildings such as schools, ancestral halls, and guild halls were transformed into fortresses required by the military.