But is this possible?

Let’s not talk about whether Fang Xiang would react upwardly. Even if he really responded, could the Qing court or Duoduo buy the account of a mere county magistrate?

What's more, Fang Xiang had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so how could he regard himself as a Ming?

As soon as the people dispersed, he wrote a secret letter and sent people to Changzhou Prefecture, hoping to hand it over to Zong Hao, the then governor of Changzhou. The letter said that Jiangyin had rebelled and sent troops to come to fight.

But what Fang Xiang didn't expect was that the county government was not full of traitors like him, and some people had already spread his actions.

Overnight, the news spread throughout Jiangyin City. In the early morning of the next day, tens of thousands of people who heard the news rushed to the county government with the captured messenger sent by Fang Xiang, and arrested Fang Heng, who was still in bed, and Mo Shiying, the chief clerk of the county government.

At this time, the arrow was already in a hurry to stop. The scholar Xu Yong, Ji Shimei and others advocated defending the city. The two of them called out to the high place, and the crowd immediately responded. The people unanimously recommended the Secretariat Chen Mingyu to defend the city.

Chen Mingyu had the intention to serve the king, so he naturally agreed immediately. Next, he gathered all kinds of righteous people to set up a tablet for the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the Minglun Hall of the Confucian Temple, held a vow to defend the Qing Dynasty, and raised a banner against the shaving order!

Since then, Jiangyin officially left the Qing court and committed a "rebellion".

Chen Mingyu did three things at that time: one was to let the people who were unwilling to obey the anti-Qing people go out of the city, the second was to open the arsenal and distribute weapons to the rebels, and the third was to call on the people to donate money and materials.

At that time, Cheng Bi, a Hui merchant who lived in Jiangyin, donated 35,000 taels of silver alone!

On the fifth day of the sixth month, Chen Mingyu led his army to set up an ambush at the foot of Qinwang Mountain, 18 miles southwest of Jiangyin City, and repelled the Qing soldiers of Changzhou Prefecture who came to attack Jiangyin.

The prisoner learned that there was a detailed communication between the city and external parties, so he ordered anyone who reported the spy in the city to reward fifty taels of silver!

Chen Mingyu was rewarded by searching a hand-painted map of Jiangyin marked with military deployment and a letter of help from Prince Yu Duoduo.

The letter also led to the letter from the scholar Shen Yuejing, county officials Wu Dacheng, Ren Cuiran and others, and Chen Mingyu quickly ordered the arrest.

Shen Yuejing escaped by luck, and Wu Dacheng and others were beheaded.

Ren Cuiran and Chen Mingyu are old acquaintances. Before the execution, they were sentenced to Chen Mingyu. The Qing army has excellent weapons, so you should take care of yourself!

Chen Ming sneered when he was rewarded. You don’t need to worry about my affairs. You can go on your own!

Later, Chen Mingyu ordered the execution of county magistrate Fang Heng, chief clerk Mo Shiying, former garrison Chen Ruizhi and others. Only Chen Ruizhi's eldest son was pardoned for his good at making arms.

At this time, Zong Hao, the governor of Changzhou in the Qing Dynasty, urgently asked for help from Prince Yu Duoduo in Nanjing, while sending thousands of troops to advance along the water and land, trying to eliminate the Jiangyin rebel army in its infancy.

When Chen Mingyu heard the news, he sent Ji Shimei, the leader of the North Gate rebel army, to lead his troops to fight.

It was this battle that the Jiangyin rebel army suffered its first defeat, and the rebel army that went to fight was wiped out, and the rebel leader Ji Shimei and others were killed.

From this, Chen Mingyu recognized a fact. He realized that although there were a large number of passionate men in the rebel army, these people had no military experience after all, and did not understand the way of using troops. It was okay to charge forward, but it was difficult to command the entire army.

After careful consideration, he thought of someone, Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan, whose courtesy name is Liheng, was from Tongzhou, Zhili. He was born as a martial scholar. He was not only good at riding and shooting, but also proficient in military tactics. He was a rare general and a classic of Jiangyin predecessor.

Yan Yingyuan had a record in Jiangyin. Jiangyin was in the sea. A few years ago, pirates invaded in large numbers. When the magistrate was not here, Yan Yingyuan was ordered to shout loudly on the street and gathered thousands of people, each of whom sent a bamboo pole. He led a group of mobs to repel the aggressive pirates and became famous in this battle.

Chen Mingyu went to invite Yan Yingyuan out of the mountain.

When Yan Yingyuan heard Chen Ming's intention, he agreed with mercy.

He brought dozens of servants to bid farewell to his mother at home and followed Chen Ming to Jiangyin City.

A hero's promise is worth a thousand gold.

Chen Ming, who asked Yan Yingyuan, did not fall in love with power, and transferred the power of commanding the whole city to Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan was not polite, took over Daquan and immediately did four things: First, he ordered the gunpowder and firearms stored by the former soldier Xu Shiyin and Zeng Hualong.

Secondly, he summoned wealthy families and gentry in the city and asked them to donate money and materials. Before, he donated 35,000 taels of Cheng Bi of Hui Shang. This time, it was difficult to destroy the family's fortune and donated as much as 150,000 taels of silver.

Then Yan Yingyuan ordered the count of the residents in the city, gather all the young and strong, and allocated the specific direction of the main generals to be responsible for. At the same time, he ordered the city gate to be blocked, and someone must be on duty at twelve hours a day.

Finally, Ji Congxiao, He Chang, He Tai and others were the main generals to form an army called Charge Camp.

Since then, the combat effectiveness of the Jiangyin City Rebel Army has increased by more than one level.

But for this reason, the tragic scene of Jiangyin City was officially staged, just as the old man said before, the people in the city were all over the city, and after the city was broken, there were only fifty-three survivors, and none of them surrendered.

On August 21, the Qing army mobilized dozens of red-clothed cannons and blasted the northeast corner of Jiangyin City.

After the city wall was collapsed, the Qing army rushed into the city.

Yan Yingyuan, who was commanding the battle at the East Gate Tower, knew that he was unable to turn the world back. He calmly picked up his pen and wrote a heart-wrenching couplet on the wooden door of the city tower that passed down to future generations.

"On the 80th day of the year, he was loyal to Taizu and represented the figures of the seventeenth dynasty;

One hundred thousand people will die together and leave the country of Ming Dynasty for three hundred miles."

After writing, I wanted to lead hundreds of people around me to break through, but it was too late. I was surrounded by the Qing army on three floors inside and three floors outside.

At this time, Yan Yingyuan had already been hit by three arrows and knew that it was impossible to break through. He calmly said to the soldiers around him that God would do this, and it was not a crime of war.

After saying that, he committed suicide by throwing himself into the pond around him.

But the pond is shallow and cannot kill people.

He is not like Xia Wanchun's father, and he has enough time to suffocate himself to death.

The Qing army rushed from all over the world to hook Yan Yingyuan from the pond. Yan Yingyuan was captured, but later died the next day because of his serious injuries.

The Qing army captured Jiangyin City, but the battle in the streets and alleys continued.

The bloody Jiangyin rebels are still fighting each other.

Chen Ming died in the street in battle, his body leaning against the wall facing the street, and his steel knife was still tightly held in his hand. When the city was broken, none of his family survived.

Feng Houdun hangs himself in Minglun Hall, the Confucian Temple, and his family all jumps into the well.

Qi Xun, the scholar Xu Yong and others were all from the family.

Ji Congxiao died in battle...

It is not just these shocking. The people in the city, women, children, elderly and weak, chose to die together.

Either throwing into the beam, diving, going through water, or committing suicide.

That night, the ponds and wells in Jiangyin City were no longer enough.

There were only one well with four eyes, and hundreds of people threw the well.
Chapter completed!