Ji Jike blurted out without even thinking: "Xia Chengde, the Governor often talks about this!"
Marco let out a laugh: "There are not many people that the Governor can talk about often, but those who are talked about by the Governor are afraid that they will not live long." Then he looked at Ji Jike: "The Governor only said that this is the most important thing. Damn it, have I ever told you why this animal deserves to die the most!"
Ji Jike nodded: "For the loss of Jinzhou, everyone blames General Ancestor, but what is his crime? The enemy came to attack him and persisted until they ran out of ammunition and food, but he would not surrender without a fight. Even if Wu Bashi opened the outer city and surrendered, He was trapped to death, killed, and eaten without surrendering. What really made him give up was the fall of Songshan City. There was no external aid and there was no longer any hope."
Who gave up his hope, who let Songshan City be destroyed?
Xia Chengde is such a bitch!
If he hadn't collaborated with the enemy and surrendered, maybe Songshan City would have been destroyed and the Ming army would have been defeated, but that was just a possibility. There was still the possibility of a comeback, but just because he collaborated with the enemy and surrendered, other possibilities would no longer be possible. It also accelerated the defeat of the Ming army and made this defeat certain.
It would be fine if it was just his surrender that caused Jinzhou to lose all its foreign aid, and that Zu Dashou had no choice but to surrender. What Chang Yu could not tolerate the most was that because of his surrender, Hong Chengchou, Zu Dale, Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao, who were trapped in Songshan at the time, Wang Tingchen, Zhang Dou, Zhu Wende, etc., as well as more than a hundred civil servants including generals and nearly 10,000 Ming troops were captured, and then the Tatars killed all of them except Hong Chengchou and Zu Dale!
And the most shameful thing is that most of the other collaborators came to win over the enemy, but it was good for him. He took the initiative to contact him. When Songshan was trapped for a long time, he sent his brother Xia Jinghai to Hauge's camp four times to collect money!
Do you know what the word "pay" means? Surrender, surrender and pay money. To put it bluntly, if you want to surrender, you have to give gifts to others to make them accept your surrender! And in order to gain Hauge's trust, he also sent his son Xia Shu as a hostage.
That's not all. He also wanted to trick others into surrendering. He was assigned by Hauge to persuade Zhu Wende, the deputy commander of the front line of the Central Battalion, to surrender, but he was sternly rejected. At that time, Zhu Wende quickly reported the matter to Hong Chengchou. I don't know what this guy was thinking. He actually didn't take it seriously (I thought about it later, maybe Hong wanted to surrender at that time, but he just couldn't lose face, so he knew it and didn't stop him? If it's a conspiracy theory, it might be his instruction)
Later, Hauge sent troops to attack the city. They first arrived at Xia Chengde's guard station, and they directly put up ladders to pull them up. By the time other defenders found out, all the Qing troops had already entered the city...
After that, this guy became a hero of the Qing court. It is said that at that time Huang Taiji ordered their Minister of Rites to go out of the city for fifteen miles for a banquet. His subordinates, including more than a thousand women and children (some say more than three thousand), were all highlighted. Settled!
What is even more annoying is that because Zhu Wende refused his offer to surrender at that time, he was jealous and urged Hauge to kill Zhu Wende. After he got his wish, he tried to kill Zhu Wende's son, but this time This failed to do so, but it also aroused the anger of Zhu Wende's old men. His subordinates, Sun San and his servant Xu Qi, wanted to avenge Zhu Wende and broke into Xia Chengde's home. They attempted to kill Xia Chengde and killed several of his servants. People commit suicide!
Although there were many surrendered generals in the Songjin War, there were also many people who deserved to die, but Xia Chengde was the only one to die like this!
Therefore, whenever Chang Yu talked about the Songjin War with his subordinates, he always mentioned that Xia Chengde must kill this beast.
"If you encounter such a beast, you will definitely chop off its head!" Ji Jike looked at Songshan City from a distance and said fiercely. Ma Ke next to him breathed out: "Everyone can kill dog thieves, and there is a high chance of encountering them this time."
Seeing Ji Jike's surprise, Ma Ke said again: "Do you think it's a coincidence that Wu Bashi and Nomuqi are here?"
Ji Jike suddenly realized: "Does Dorgon want to use Han to control Han?"
Marco nodded: "This battle to recover can also be called the Second Songjin War, but in fact it is fought between ourselves and our own people. Dorgon used the old Songjin to surrender to the future to fight, and his method can be described as very sinister." .
Ji Jike exclaimed: "Now that we have surrendered the enemy, we can no longer count as one of our own!" She felt deeply for Dorgon's insidiousness in her heart. She used the former Song Jin rebel generals to resist the enemy, and was not afraid of them betraying them in battle, because those traitors The general himself also knows that once captured, you will be dead, and even if you rebel again, you will not be forgiven by the Ming court. Even if you are forgiven at the time, you will have to settle the accounts later, and you will still be dead. Since ancient times, no one who is capricious has ever been punished. It will end well, so they will definitely work hard for the Qing court.
"Isn't Hong Chengchou coming too?" Ji Jike asked suddenly. Ma Ke looked at Songshan City in the distance with a very confused expression: "Maybe."
"My lord, let's just say, if Hong Chengchou suddenly begs to surrender, will the court tolerate him?" Ji Jike suddenly asked.
Ma Ke smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Although he was captured because of Xia Chengde's collusion with the enemy, what he did after surrendering to the enemy was actually shameful, so unless he has the ability to send Jinzhou over, other than that, even if the imperial court can tolerate him, the governor Can the Duke tolerate him? I remember that the Governor often talks about him."
Seeing that Ji Ji was silent, Ma Ke said again: "Although it is hateful to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, some people do it out of necessity, but some people do it out of necessity, but it is completely different."
"Are you talking about General Zu?" Ji Jike glanced at Marco: "The Governor once said that General Zu had merits and demerits. Although it was understandable that he had to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the stains on him could not be erased no matter what. dropped".
"The stain you are talking about is that he killed He Kegang?"
Ji Jike nodded: "The Governor said so, and the general also thinks so."
Chief Ma took a breath: "Yes, absolutely shouldn't, absolutely shouldn't, even if he has thousands of last resorts"
Ji Jike glanced at Ma Ke and saw that his expression was lonely and his words were full of helplessness. He thought of the time when Ma Ke was trapped in Tashan during the Songjin War. In fact, it was on the periphery of the war zone. The real main battlefields were in Xingshan, Songshan and Jinzhou. This is why he was able to escape by chance, otherwise he would have been trapped alone and either died in battle or surrendered. Perhaps because of this, he could better understand the mood of those surrendered generals, so there were many differences between his expressions and words. Empathy.
Sure enough, Ma Ke continued: "But I am not talking about General Zu. Everyone regrets the death of Cao Bianjiao and hates Xia Chengde for his death. But among the surrendered generals, do you know who is the most innocent?"
"Lü Pinqi?" Ji Jike blurted out, and Ma Ke was a little surprised: "Is this what the Governor told you again?"
Ji Jike nodded slightly: "In fact, I only know the superficial knowledge of the past events of the Songjin War. I only learned about it later when I often heard Lord Du Gong talk about it."
Marco sighed: "The Governor is young, but his detailed knowledge and depth of knowledge are actually surprising."
"The Governor is a man of extraordinary talent. He has extensive knowledge and knowledge, and his omniscience is far beyond our reach. I heard him talk about Songjin when he surrendered. Although Lu Pinqi surrendered at Xingshan, it was really a helpless act. Even though he was a common man in the world, He is scolded, but he is the most innocent. If we meet again in the future, we can spare his life, and we can accept it if he betrays us."
"This said, General Marco let out a long sigh.
After Zu Dashou surrendered, there was a huge quarrel in the court. Some people scolded him and wanted to confiscate his house and exterminate his clan, while others complained about him. In that case, if he didn't surrender, he would be dead, and he was not the only one who died. People, the whole city is dead! Anyway, the government and the opposition were very noisy at that time, but Lu Pinqi was understood by most people.
Just because he was the last one to surrender, on the night of February 18th in the 15th year of Chongzhen, Xia Chengde collaborated with the enemy and Songshan was lost. Hong Chengchou and a group of old warriors were captured and killed. On March 8th, Zu Dashou, who saw no way out, had no choice but to leave. The city surrendered. On April 8, the Qing army blasted Tashan and wiped out 7,000 defenders. Ma Ke and Wang Pu broke through and escaped by sea. On the 22nd, they bombarded Xingshan. Lu Pinqi led his 6,800 men to escape. Surrender in battle!
Surrendering without a fight sounds infuriating and humiliating.
But how do you ask him to fight?
Tashan is gone, Songshan is gone, Jinzhou is gone, and so many big bosses have been defeated across the board. They are fleeing to death and taking prisoners. You let a deputy general guard an isolated city without help, facing tens of thousands of enemy troops. How can he fight?
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The battle will be defeated, and death will be inevitable, and everyone will die!
In other words, under the same conditions, would you choose to die in battle or surrender?
