Zhu Yihai arrived in Jiangyin under the protection of Yu Lin.
The people of Jiangyin welcomed Master Wang and rushed to see Admiral Zhu. Looking at the bustling Jiangyin city, Zhu Yihai was filled with emotion. In history, the eighty-one days of Jiangyin were tragically recorded in history. The loyalty and bravery of hundreds of thousands of Jiangyin people were even more impressive.
Shining brightly for thousands of years.
None of this has happened yet.
He didn't want it to happen again. This time he came to Jiangyin in person. In fact, he only came to personally persuade Yan Yingyuan, Chen Ming, Xu Guanhai, Cheng Bi, Ji Shimei and other Jiangyin loyalists, to persuade them to surrender temporarily, and even to persuade them to leave.
I hope we can avoid the tragedy of being massacred.
"Shaving your hair to become clear?"
In Jiangyin Academy, they were shocked when Zhu Yihai said these words.
"Isn't the admiral here to support us?" Yan Yingyuan was a little excited.
"Everyone, what is the purpose of our war? It is to resist the Tatars, to drive out the Tatars, to revive the Ming Dynasty, to restore our Han family, the country, and the country, and to preserve our Chinese civilization. So in the long run, we cannot fight for a short period of time, or a city or a city.
Chi, our goal is longer-term, so we must consider a protracted war,"
"My lords, it is easy to die for the country. You can hang yourself from the city wall and throw yourself into the water. How can we just die? But how can we say death easily? For this useful life, we must live. No matter how difficult it is, we must fight and fight."
"To carry out the important task of recovery, we must endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden, keep a low profile and bide our time. The King of Yue, Gou Jian, will try his best to taste the salary, so that three thousand Yue Jia can swallow up the Yue and achieve hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. Can't we do that?"
"Look at us, we crossed the sea from eastern Zhejiang to the Northern Expedition. We recaptured many cities along the way, including Haining, Jiaxing, Songjiang, and Suzhou. But we didn't defend any city because we knew we couldn't hold it now. If we held on now, we would eventually
We can only fight to the death, but this is not the result we want. If this is the case, it will only make the Tatars cheaper, and they are eager to do so."
"Gentlemen, for the sake of recovery!"
There was silence in the academy. The Jiangyin scholars and people who were full of expectations did not expect to welcome Master Wang, but this was the result.
"If you don't want to cut off your hair and become a traitor, you can move with me first. In the future, you can first go to Chongming or Zhoushan, or go to eastern Zhejiang and other places to prepare for the counterattack."
Chen Mingyu sighed, "Can we really defend it? There are one hundred thousand people in Jiangyin and one hundred thousand soldiers. Everyone is willing to fight to the death."
"I believe in the loyalty of the people of Jiangyin City, but again, if you are willing to die, I will not let you die, and the Ming Dynasty will not let you die. It is not worth dying like this. Everyone is dead. Isn't this world cheap?
Got a son?"
"In the future, we will not only regain Jiangyin, but also Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Beijing. We will regain the world, and we will also regain Liaodong outside the customs."
"How can you say death so easily?"
"If we don't defend now, it doesn't mean we have to give up or stop fighting. We just change the way of fighting and withdraw our fists in order to accumulate more power and punch more powerfully."
Everyone was silent.
In fact, everyone understands the truth, but the hurdle in our hearts is not so easy to pass. If it could be easily passed, everyone would not persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty so hard and surrender directly. Wouldn't it be easier?
The meeting dispersed, and Zhu Yihai deliberately left behind Yan Yingyuan, Chen Ming, Yu Shao Kanggong, Xu Guanhai, Xu Yong, Ji Shimei and other leaders who defended the city of Jiangyin.
"I am King Lu of the prison country." Zhu Yihai announced his identity.
Everyone looked at him in surprise. Academicians Xu Shiqi and Shen Chenquan were waiting aside to confirm.
"We have been fighting against the Tatars for so long on the northern expedition. Although we have achieved some victories, we still clearly see the huge gap between the enemy and ourselves. At this stage, we cannot resist the Tatars hard and can only adopt more flexible methods. In the fight against war, we need time to accumulate strength and gather people's hearts."
After Chongzhen's death, the Ming Dynasty originally still had half of the country and a chance to fight the Tartars. However, the Hongguang Dynasty was busy with internal fighting. The military leaders of the four towns in Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu in the upper reaches were even more corrupt. They missed the final opportunity. Opportunity, all the capital of Ming Dynasty's turnaround was wasted.
When Zhu Yihai rebelled in eastern Zhejiang, it can be said that the country had no hope at all. It was the last will of those loyal soldiers and people who resisted.
But if the historical trajectory is to be followed, their enthusiasm will not last long and they will fight on their own. Even at this time, they will be busy with internal fighting.
After the Tatars occupied the two capitals, the Ming Dynasty could still survive for decades. It was not because they were so powerful, but on the contrary, they were so bad. It was just that the Tatars were exhausted and swallowed most of the Central Plains in one gulp. It was difficult to digest for a while and they were unable to devour another gulp. Just drop the rest of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yihai is like half a prophet. He knows that according to the tactics of various small imperial courts in the Southern Ming Dynasty, no one path is feasible. Whether it is the enterprising Emperor Shaowu or the Lu Jianguo who is dedicated to fighting to the end, they No matter how ambitious and determined they are, they can't change history. They can't even control their own ministers.
If we can't even integrate internally, how can we talk about resisting and recovering?
From the fight between Tang and Lu to Yongli's escape, their path was doomed to failure. Zhu Yihai could not continue to follow the old path despite knowing the failure. He could only take a different path.
Just like he oversees the country, but insists on fighting on the front line, in order to get rid of the shackles of history and find a different path.
It's pointless to insist on defending Jiangyin even if you know clearly that you can't defend it.
It is better to defend Chongming than to defend Jiangyin.
Defending Jingzhou and Ganzhou still has some meaning.
At this stage, it is better to fight hard than to fight guerrillas. Now is not the time for a comprehensive counterattack. What is needed now is to stop this trend of defeat and to regain control and stabilize people's hearts.
"Everyone, please, please keep some hope for the Ming Dynasty, save some energy, and prepare for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the future and the counterattack to liquidate the Tartars."
"Please, gentlemen, be able to endure the humiliation and bear the burden."
With that said, Zhu Yihai bowed and saluted everyone.
I am in charge of overseeing the country, so I beg everyone to abandon the city and not defend it.
Yan Yingyuan, a strong man who had once ridden three arrows to scare off the pirate Gu Mazi, couldn't help but shed tears. Chen Mingyu also lowered his head and thought.
Xu Guanhai originally thought this was cowardice, but when he thought about the fact that he had been fighting on the front line alone, he could personally lead three thousand soldiers in the Northern Expedition. He had fought so far and how many cities he had captured and how many Tatars he had killed. How could he start from this? He went all the way from Taizhou to Changzhou and almost reached the gates of Nanjing. How can he be called cowardly?
If he is cowardly, then what do Chongzhen, Hongguang, and King Lu mean?
At this time, Prince Deng Zhu Yujian, who was the chief minister, stood up and said, "Everyone, what Your Highness said is very reasonable. It's not that we won't fight, but we just don't have time now and we know we can't do it. It's not worth it. You can retreat there. Chongming can also resist the invaders."
"I also know that such a decision is difficult to make, but sometimes, isn't it just because of the difficulty that it shows more perseverance and determination?"
Wang Zhengzhong stood up and spoke first, "I am Su Song, the deputy envoy to the police, and I am responsible for the military preparation of Changzhen. I follow the orders of His Highness the Supervisor, but I will not go to Chongming. I will stay in Changzhou and go to Taihu and Maoshan to fight.
Guerrilla, I will stick to Chang Town, wait for the time to come, and then gather troops to drive out the Tartars and regain Chang Town!"
Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and others also stood up one after another, "We are not leaving either, we will stay here outside Jiangyin City to fight guerrillas with the Tatars!"
Ji Shimei even said, "I will drag the storm battalion to Taihu Lake and fight with the Tatars to the end!"
Seeing everyone's suffocating expressions, Zhu Yihai was moved and bowed his head again, "Please accept my bows again. I promise that the counterattack will not be too far away. Soon we will counterattack and liquidate and regain Jiangnan.
When the two capitals are recovered, I will have a drink with you to celebrate!"
Cheng Bi stood up and returned the courtesy, "I am a humble merchant, and I cannot lead troops or fight, so I will stay in Jiangyin City, shave my head, and surrender to the captives."
"I have wronged Mr. Cheng." Zhu Yihai held Cheng Bi's hand. This man donated 140,000 taels of silver to him, and also donated more than 100,000 taels to King Huang Fei of Yiyang and others. All his family wealth was used.
Cheng Bi smiled and said, "My entire clan was massacred by the Tatars in Yangzhou City. They massacred everyone in Yangzhou for ten days, killing every living person they could see in the city. I have a blood feud with the Tatars."
We are irreconcilable, and we only have this life left. As long as we don’t die, we will fight them to the end.”
"As long as I can get revenge, let alone shave my head, I am willing to temporarily recognize the Tatar as my father."
These words made everyone moved.
Three days later.
The Boluo army arrived outside Jiangyin City.
Cheng Bi had already shaved his head, grown a money rat tail, and led eight thousand Jiangyin people out of the city to kneel down and ask for surrender.
There used to be more than 100,000 people in Jiangyin City, but now there are only 8,000 left. The rest are unwilling to leave the city and go to the countryside, and some of them have left with the Northern Expedition.
Cheng Bi knelt down and asked to surrender.
Present the household registration list of Jiangyin City, etc.
Bolo was slightly surprised when he saw the scene in front of him.
Didn’t it mean that the unscrupulous people in Jiangyin gathered to cause chaos with great momentum?
Why are you surrendering now without attacking?
"Who are you?" Bolo asked condescendingly on his horse.
"The young Cheng Bi was originally from Huizhou. He later ran the salt industry in Yangzhou and settled in Jiangyin. He had little property. He was ignorant of current affairs and rebelled against others. But now he has woken up and is willing to change his ways. He has persuaded all the city officials to join the army.
Qing. And donate ten thousand taels of silver and one thousand stones of grain to Baylor to help pay for the army!"
Zong Hao, the prefect of Changzhou, approached Boluo Ma and said, "Master Baylor, the thief Cheng is a wealthy businessman from Huizhou, with a family fortune of hundreds of thousands. He had previously followed the thief and offered hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and won the Soviet Union awarded by the puppet Lu governor in eastern Zhejiang."
He should be killed because he holds the post of counselor Song and is also a grain storage officer."
Zong Hao had lost Changzhou before and fled all the way to Nanjing. When he heard that Bolo had arrived and the rebels fled, he hurried back to recapture Changzhou and came to Boluo's army to plead guilty. Bolo was very disdainful of this incompetent guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.
I am quite interested in Cheng Bi.
"If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good. Those who understand the current affairs are heroes."
"Get up!"
"Are these the only people left in Jiangyin City?"
"Back in Beile, many unruly people were unwilling to shave their heads. When they heard that the army was coming, they were afraid of being implicated, so they all fled to the countryside to hide. Those who were left behind were all obedient people who had already shaved their heads."
"Hahaha, obedient people, that's very good. Ben Beile likes sensible obedient people like you."
"Ben Beile now appoints you as the prefect of Changzhou. Do your best. Although you are a merchant, at this time, as long as you are loyal and willing to work, I, the Qing Dynasty, will not care about your background and will use you in the same way."
Zong Hao was anxious on the side, "Master Beile, I am the magistrate of Changzhou."
As a result, Mr. Yan next to Bolo directly picked up the whip and whipped him, yelling, "You are not a bannerman, but you dare to call yourself a slave. How do you deserve it?"
Bolo also angrily scolded Zong Hao, "Ben Beile hasn't told you about the crime of abandoning the city and losing the land, but you still dare to call yourself a slave. Come on, drag this fool down and chop him down. You still have the face to run away without a fight."
return!"
No matter how Ren Zonghao shouted for mercy, Bolo ignored him.
Soon the shouting stopped, the head was brought up, and Bolo had his head passed down to the public, "Anyone who abandons the city and loses land will end up like this."
