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This tragedy is so similar to the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty and the suicide of tens of thousands of people by throwing themselves into the sea.

Who said that the Southerners have no backbone?

Who dares to say that the southerners are not bloody?

From Chongzhen's hanging to the Qing army's crossing of the Yangtze River, the 10th of Yangzhou, the 81st of Jiangyin, the 3st of Jiading, how many people died in the south? How many Tartars were killed?

Let some descendants abuse the people of Jiangnan so badly?

If there is no struggle of the southerners at any cost, if the southerners are like the northerners who cover their faces and beg to surrender, how can there be more than 30 years of tragic history of resistance to the Qing Dynasty?

The Ming people are bloody, and the southerners are even more so!

Jiangyin City shouldn't have been breached like this.

If one or two counties in the surrounding counties of Jiangyin respond and respond, they may be able to hold out for a longer time.

But the other four counties that belonged to the same Changzhou capital at that time obediently shaved their hair and became Manchu obedient people.

This has to be sad, the same river raises a hundred kinds of people!

And Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, who were hundreds of miles away in Songjiang Mansion, were also leading the rebel army to figure it out; Jiading Mansion also suffered the same tragedy as Jiangyin City because of its resistance.

Maybe all of this could have been avoided, but even if it had been avoided, so what?

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer!

Just when Wu Zheng was full of thoughts, the old man lifted the wrapped linen, "General, please see, this is the armor worn by the two Tartar kings when they led a hundred people to the city that day." On the same day, the two kings of the Tartars were killed, the heads were cut off, and the hundred Tartars who climbed the city wall led by him were also completely annihilated, and the Duke of Yan made people strip off these armors, but at that time, our army was defending the city, and they did not need these, so they had been hoarded in the tower of the Xicheng Temple. Now that the general wants to conquer Changzhou, he will definitely be able to use it. ”

Wu Zheng took two steps forward and saw that the armor was made of several layers of cowhide glued, and one layer was a finger thick, not to mention three layers?

The outermost layer is also covered by iron sheets, no wonder it can't be hurt by guns and knives.

Wu Zheng stretched out his hand and took a collar of armor, but he almost didn't pick it up.

Wu Zheng's strength was not small, and one hand was not lifted all at once, which made Wu Zheng a little stunned.

Gathering strength, Wu Zheng lifted up with his right hand again, and then picked it up.

After a pause, Wu Zheng felt that this armor, to say the least, is fifty or sixty pounds, if this is a soldier with a little physique, I am afraid that he will not be able to walk after wearing it.

Qian Qiaogong stepped forward curiously and took the armor from Wu Zheng's hand.

Wu Zheng deliberately let go of his hand quickly, Qian Qiaogong's hand sank suddenly, if he hadn't reacted quickly and handed over the other hand, he was afraid that he would not be able to catch it with one hand and fall to the ground.

Qian Qiaogong shook his hands and finally shook his head with a red face and said, "I'm afraid I won't need it." ”

The generals behind him were greedy for these armors and stepped forward to try them one by one, but unfortunately no one could volunteer to try on the armor.

Wu Zheng blushed a little, and none of his subordinates made him have a long face.

At this time, Wu Zheng thought of Chi Erhan, if this kid was here, he should be able to withstand this armor.

The old man looked at Wu Zheng with a smile and said, "Why don't you let other officers try it too, the general?" ”

Wu Zheng's eyes lit up, that is, physique varies from person to person, among these thousands of troops, it shouldn't be difficult to find some strong physiques, right?

So Wu Zheng gave the order to order the advancing army to return the same way.

Fortunately, at this time, the army did not move forward for long, and it was only a few miles away.

After a while, the army returned to the west gate of Jiangyin.

Sure enough, when they tried to be a first-class officer of one hundred households, three of them were able to put on armor and walk freely.

These three people are the leaders of the rebel army under Wu Yi, Sun Zhaokui, Shen Zibing, and Shen Ziqi brothers.

Wu Zheng was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered that Sun Zhaokui be the 100 households, and Shen Zibing and Shen Ziqi brothers should be the deputy 100 households, and 100 strong people should be selected from the army to form a first camp on the spot.

At this time, the old man led two fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys to Wu Zheng.

"This is the orphan of Huang Minggang, who made a bow and crossbow for Yan Gong at that time, named Huang Desheng, when the city was broken, he hid under the bridge and escaped for his life. The Huang family has a family history and may be able to serve as a general. The old man pointed to a young man with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain.

"Would you like to join the army under this officer?"

"If I can avenge my father, I am willing to die!" The young man Huang Desheng replied.

Wu Zheng nodded, "Then follow this official." ”

The old man pushed another young man forward, "This is Ji Conglian, the youngest brother of Ji Congxiao, the leader of the rebel army that day, who is worthy of a highly poisonous medicine with his brother, and can also serve the general." ”

The young man Ji Conglian knelt down on one knee to Wu Zheng and arched his hand: "I am willing to follow the general to kill Changzhou Jianyu." ”

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Ji Conglian's eyes with a firm look, nodded and said, "Not only Changzhou Jianyu, but also the world's Jianyu, must be cleared." ”

Ji Conglian pursed his lips and said: "I am willing to follow the general to kill all the prisoners in the world." ”

"Good!" Wu Zheng praised.

With the help of the people of Jiangyin, a large vat of gunpowder was placed on the cart, and the army was drawn again.

Wu Zheng bowed his hand to the people of Jiangyin on the opposite side, and said loudly: "Not only is it a city of courtesy, Jiangyin is really called a state of loyalty, the pillar of the Yangtze River, and it is allowed to stand in the southeast." On the day of the success of the Northern Expedition, Wu Zhengdang returned here and erected a monument for the 100,000 loyal souls in Jiangyin City. ”

In Wu Zheng's view, the Ten Days of Yangzhou was fought by Shi Kefa under the leadership of the Ming regular army, which was a struggle between one regime and another, although it was also remarkable, but it was also a matter of duty.

The three massacres in Jiading, Uncle Wu Zheng fought with hundreds of warriors to the last moment, and died in martyrdom.

But Jiangyin City is different, this is a small county town in the ordinary people spontaneous struggle, under the command of a retired historian Yan Yingyuan, with the determination to die, against more than 200,000 Qing troops, with a small lonely city, actually held out for 81 days.

Of the more than 90,000 people in the city, only 53 remained.

These people are the real backbone of the Han nation!!

The achievements made by Jiangyin in resisting the Qing Dynasty are indeed individual cases and cannot be replicated.

The first is the bloody nature of the Jiangyin people, and the second is the talent of the main general.

If it weren't for the commanding ability, personality charm and appeal of Yan Yingwu, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun and others, it would not have been possible to have this achievement if they were replaced by a single commander.

This is not to belittle the ability of the Ming people in other places, but everything that happened in Jiangyin City is a synthesis of countless prerequisites, with its objectivity, and of course, there is also inevitability.

For example, before Jiangyin City resisted the Qing Dynasty, it had already been lowered, which is not to say that the people of Jiangyin had also taken the wrong path, after all, they were just ordinary people, and it was difficult to turn the tide and save the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after the Qing court issued the shaving order, the civil gentry and the salient led the rebellion, and the people of the entire city were driven, which cannot be questioned.

There is a good saying, if a soldier bears, there will be a nest of bears.

At any given time, one or a few outstanding leaders are enough to rewrite history.