Ma Fengzhi capsized in the gutter, and Zheng Sen's army was defeated under the city of Nanjing, and he also suffered a loss of underestimating the enemy's arrogance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In September last year, Zhou Shixiang sent Luo Lun, who was next to Zhang Huangyan, to go to Songjiang secretly to persuade Ma Fengzhi to change his banner anyway. The condition given by Zhou Shixiang was that Ma Fengzhi would grant him the first duke of Zhejiang, and he did not need to send troops to deal with Guan Xiaozhong and Liang Huafeng, but only needed to lead the troops to attack Zhejiang, and contain Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian, Zhejiang and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang. In addition, Zhou Shixiang also offered a very high bargaining chip to Ma Fengzhi, which Zheng Sen never obtained, that is, if Ma Fengzhi can win Zhejiang, then Zhejiang will be returned to Ma Fengzhi to raise soldiers.

Ma Fengzhi was originally named Ma Jinbao, who was Zuo Liangyu's subordinate general, and followed Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng to descend to the Prince of Qingying in Jiujiang. When he served as the commander of Su Song Changzhen, there were more than 14,000 soldiers under his subordinates, and it was another Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River in addition to Liang Huafeng's department. However, when the Zheng army entered the Kou Yangtze River in a big way, Ma Fengzhi first chose not to report it, and then sat back and watched the Zheng army surround Nanjing, playing a two-sided speculative calculation. Who would have thought that Zheng Jun would be defeated under the city of Nanjing, and he was so frightened that he was in the camp every day. In order to clear himself, he personally led his troops to hunt down and kill Su Song's gentry who responded to the Ming army, and even led his troops to recapture Chongming Island, so that Zheng's army could not gain a foothold in Haikou and had to withdraw to Jinxia.

Rao is like this, Ma Fengzhi is still worried, and he is afraid that the Qing court will settle accounts with him. At this moment, the news of the capture of Nandu by the Taiping army came, which made him stunned. came back to his senses, but he felt that God really lived up to him, so that he had another way to live. So as soon as Luo Lun arrived, after listening to those conditions, Ma Fenghou did not hesitate to change his banner anyway. He is also a smart man, knowing that if he doesn't return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, the Taiping army will definitely come to fight him, and he obviously can't defeat the Taiping army. Besides, he died and wanted to die for the Qing Dynasty, and he died in Songjiang, according to the temper of the Qing Emperor, he would not spare him in the future.

Yue Le, Lang Tingzuo, and Guan were loyal to their fate, but Ma Fengzhi saw it in his eyes, he didn't dare to put his net worth and life so unreservedly on the young emperor would look down on him. That night, all the horses wringed their braids and hung up the flag.

Zhou Shixiang really asked Ma Fengzhi to shrink Guan Xiaozhong and Liang Huafeng in Suzhou, Changzhou, Ma Fengzhi would definitely push back, and even had the idea that Zhou Shixiang wanted to be cannon fodder and kill people with a knife. However, Zhou Shixiang asked him to fight Zhejiang, but he was extremely willing.

Zhejiang's reality is clearer than Ma Fengzhi. First of all, the Jinxia Naval Battle initiated by the minister Dasu in the previous year buried most of the troops of the Zhejiang Green Battalion and all the strength of the water division, and then the Zheng army besieged the city, Zhao Guozuo and the Angbang Zhangjing He Kui stationed in Hangzhou sent Gushan Daya Dali and Zhangjing Tong Haonian to bring 500 full troops to support Nanjing, and later the governor Tong Guoqi sent Fubiao guerrilla Liu Chengyin to lead 500 troops to Nanjing, and during the entire Nanjing siege war, Zhejiang sent a total of 1,000 soldiers to Nanjing. Why so few? Because there are no soldiers in Zhejiang at all!

Ma Fengzhi conservatively estimated that the green battalion soldiers in the hands of Zhejiang Governor Tong Guoqi would not exceed 1,000, and the other was the garrison of Hangzhou Manzhou. Those full eight banners are powerful, but they will not exceed two thousand people. In addition, there are some flood prevention battalions in various provinces in Zhejiang, and they are not worth anything. Ma Fengzhi has more than 14,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, five against one, no matter how he fights, this battle is full of odds, Zhejiang is simply the fat sent to his mouth, if he doesn't swallow it in one bite, it will be in vain the dukedom of Zhejiang given to him by Nanjing.

The upsurge in the restoration of sight caused by the restoration of Nanjing in the south of the Yangtze River is also the confidence of Ma Fengzhi to dare to enter Zhejiang, and he said to his subordinates very optimistically: "If I enter Zhejiang, the localities will definitely come to vote, and I don't even have to spend a soldier in Hangzhou." ”

With the news of Nanjing's liberation spreading, after the Ma army invaded Zhejiang, seven out of ten county officials along the way surrendered, and the remaining three, one ran to Hangzhou, and two directly abandoned India and returned to their hometowns. The Ma army set out from Songjiang Jinshanwei, all the way into a no-man's land, and it took only 11 days to hit Jiaxing Mansion.

Last summer, there was no rain for a long time in eastern Zhejiang, and several canals in Jiaxing dried up. Ma Fengzhi saw that a farmer was bathing in the river, and the water was no deeper than the horse's belly, so he ordered the troops to be divided into two routes, one was composed of the main horse infantry, and the main force of the horse infantry was to wade through the water network from Tongxing to attack in a big way; The other route is composed of sailors, and it goes from the coast of Pinghu Zhapu.

The water network defense line deployed by Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, suddenly collapsed, and the Qing army in Zhejiang lost more than 3,000 people, and the rest fled one after another. On October 14, Tong Guoqi fled back to Hangzhou under the protection of the Han army. Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, heard that Tong Guoqi was defeated, and in a panic, he mobilized Qing troops from Shaoxing, Ningbo and other places to defend Hangzhou with the Eight Banners of Hangzhou and Manzhou.

After the Ma army advanced into Hangzhou, its arrogance was extremely arrogant, and Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Ang Bang Zhangjing, and He Kui, did not dare to fight. The people in the city were frightened, and they all thought that Hangzhou was not guaranteed. I never thought that Ma Feng knew that this person was a thief, he was greedy, and he hated the rich very much, and when he was the governor of Su Song Changzhen, he often plundered and tortured people from wealthy families for no reason. First they were tortured, then they were hung upside down, and vinegar was poured into their noses. The rich families were so miserable that they had to spend everything they had to buy peace.

The march into Zhejiang was unimpeded, and knowing that there were not many defenders in Hangzhou, Ma Fengzhi became arrogant, thinking that Hangzhou was already in the bag, and he actually reappeared in his old state, and ordered soldiers to search for rich villagers everywhere after the garrison outside the city, but those who were caught began to torture and extort money. If they don't give it, they will set up a fire and roast them to the point where they will be anointed with oil, and the suffering will be unspeakable, and hundreds of people will be killed.

In ancient times, there was an animal called "tamarin" that looked similar to a monkey but was much larger than a monkey. This animal is said to be the nemesis of monkeys. When the monkey sees the tamarin, it is like a small people seeing a big official, their lips and teeth tremble, their limbs tremble, they prostrate on the ground, and tears flow. The marmoset stepped forward, reached out and touched it, felt it from its chest to its backbone, and examined its waist and abdomen in order to distinguish fat and thin. The thin monkey was sent away, and the fat one was left to eat. After the thin monkeys came back, they reminded each other not to eat too much in the future, and pay attention to weight loss, otherwise they will die at any time.

At present, those slightly chubby rich families near Hangzhou are like a group of monkeys, allowing Ma Fengzhi's tamarin to be skinned and knocked out of the bones, and even those official gentry who came to vote were not spared, causing people's hearts to be lost, and everyone gritted their teeth and cursed Ma Fengzhi, hoping that he would be defeated by the Qing army immediately. In this regard, Ma Fengzhi didn't know it, he was still complacent, and boasted to his subordinates that in a few days, Zhao Guozuo and they would open the city and surrender.

After hearing that Ma was walking in the city, Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang, was overjoyed, and suggested to Zhao Guozuo that since Ma Fengzhi was greedy for money, he would do what he liked, so that he could relax his vigilance, and then choose a person who dared to die to attack his camp at night, and he would be able to break it.

Zhao Guozuo had no other way to use, so he ordered people to collect the treasures in the city, loaded more than 30 carriages of various sizes and sent them to the Ma army camp, saying that as long as Ma Fengzhi could spare the officials and gentry and people in the city, all the goods in the city would be offered.

Ma Fengzhi didn't suspect that this was a trick by Zhao Guozuo and them, but it was thought that Lang Tingzuo and Guan Allegiants just lied about the month when Zheng Sen was besieging the city, but Zhao Guozuo and they directly sent treasures and begged for forgiveness, not to delay the date, so they had no doubt and collected all these treasures.

The next day, a lot of wine and food were sent to the city, saying that Governor Zhao and Governor Tong rewarded the soldiers, Ma Fengzhi was even more proud when he heard it, only to feel that he had scared Zhao Guozuo and Tong Guoqi out of fear, so he was so humble and bent his knees to please himself. The visitor also said that the city was collecting goods and goods, and they were sent out of the city when the search was finished.

Hearing this, Ma Fengzhi was even more relieved, and rewarded him with money and asked him to go back and bring a message to Zhao Guozuo and Tong Guoqi, as long as the goods were delivered, he would not harm their lives if he led the army into the city.

Ma Fengzhi had two generals who were still sober, and reminded Ma Fengzhi to be careful, or immediately wave his army to attack the city, and it was very safe to take this Hangzhou as soon as possible. Ma Fengzhi said that if the city is attacked now, what if the defenders in the city start a frenzy and burn all the treasures, money and food. Anyway, there weren't many defenders in the city, so it was better to wait for them to bring their own money and food before entering the city. In this way, even if Zhao Guozuo and they still refuse to open the city, they are not afraid that the savings in the city will be lost when they attack the city.

Ma Feng knew that what he said was also reasonable, so his subordinates stopped persuading. The Qing army sent grain, meat, wine and food for several days in a row, and another cart of goods and goods, and the horses were all confused, thinking that the Qing army was exhausted, and the vigilance was gone. As a result, that night, 400 Qing troops fell down the rope from the city, rushed into the Ma army camp in one fell swoop, slashed and set fire everywhere, and it didn't take long for the Ma army camp to be in a sea of fire.

In the middle of the night, Ma Fengzhi didn't know how many Qing troops had come, and he woke up with fright, but he did not lead the army to fight back, but led his own soldiers to fight horses and escape. As soon as Ma Fengzhi ran, which of the remaining generals dared to stay, and as a result, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were wiped out. Seeing the fire outside the city, there were thousands of Qing cavalry in the city of Hangzhou, killing thousands of Ming troops in the horse, and driving them into the river to drown.

After Ma Fengzhi fled to Jiaxing Mansion, he originally wanted to gather the remnants of the army here to defend it, but the Qing soldiers who did not want Jiaxing Mansion to surrender to him closed the city gate and did not let him enter the city at all, and even shot Ma Jun from the city. Ma Fengzhi was so angry that he scolded, but he had no choice but to flee all the way to eastern Zhejiang. Along the way, it really made him taste the heat and coldness of the world, and none of the gentry who were happy to be called him a country greeted him again, but instead organized regimental training to intercept and kill the horses. When he fled to Songjiang, Ma Fengshi only had more than 30 horsemen left around him, and in desperation, he had to run to Suzhou for help.

After Suna brought Ma Fengzhi into the city to resettle, he immediately sent people to spread the message to Zhenjiang.

After listening to Guo Xiong's detailed account of Ma Fengzhi's defeat, Zhou Shixiang sneered and instructed the military officer Dong Changqing: "Pass my words to Suna, Ma Fengzhi is good at hanging people, so let him invite Ma Fengzhi into the urn, and it can be regarded as returning the other party's way." (To be continued.) )