Chapter 739 The Lonely Defender This is a mutilated sun and moon flag, as if it was hanging weakly, and it is covered with holes torn by bullets or shrapnel from artillery shells.A general wearing Ming-style Mingguang armor, he was no longer able to stand steadily, and a young man in his twenties was holding his tall body hard.He clenched the war knife in his hand hard: "Thief, take your life!"
”Yang Yandong asked, "Who are you?"
”"He is Pingliao General Zhu Mei!"
Yang Yandong seemed to understand: "They didn't descend to the Manchu Qing?
”Zhu Mei looked at the more and more soldiers gathered around her, of course, most of them were military families, most of them were children and women, they were holding weapons, staring at the whole family of soldiers in front of them without fear.It seems that the bayonets in the hands of the soldiers of the whole family army have long lost their deterrent power in front of them.Yang Yandong looked at Zhu Mei with some emotion.Zhu Mei was a native of Qiantunwei (now Suizhong Qianwei) in Guangning, Liaodong.Initially, when Wang Xiangqian was Fumeng, Zhu Mei was a guerrilla in Fuyi, and later Sun Chengzong went out of Liaodong and was promoted to deputy general.He was a simple and loyal man, shrewd and capable.In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Battle of Ningyuan was ordered by Yuan Chonghuan to command the battle, and he made meritorious achievements.The battle of Ningjin also had military exploits, after Yuan Chonghuan resigned from the post of governor of Liaodong, he and the new governor of Liaodong Bi Zisu (the eighth brother of Bi Ziyan, the head of the household book) were stationed in Shanhaiguan and served as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.That is to say, since the second year of Chongzhen, he has been the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, but in May of the third year of Chongzhen, he was accused of returning to his hometown, and then Sun Chengzong entered the cabinet again and became a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, and he was promoted again and served as the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan again.However, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong told the old man to return to his hometown, and Zhu Mei was also persuaded to retire and return to his hometown.It can be said that he is not a general trusted by the Ming court and Chongzhen, but belongs to the night pot, when he wants to use it, pull him over, when he doesn't need him, wave his hand to let him go home, only the Pingliao general seal hanging now, he used to hang five five.Speaking from his heart, if he puts himself in his shoes, Yang Yandong will no longer be loyal to Daming, and he will definitely take refuge in Quan Xu.In all parts of Beizhili and Shanxi, almost everywhere surrendered, but Shanhaiwei did not surrender.Yes, Shanhaiwei never surrendered.Under the leadership of Zhu Mei, Shanhaiwei fought bloodily for three days and three nights, and the Qing army paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties, and never took Shanhaiwei, but when the whole family army sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, Zhu Mei directly killed the messenger of the whole family army in front of all the soldiers in the city.He is just like Geng Gong 2,000 years ago, and he also shows his heart by killing envoys.Mao Yuanyi looked at Zhu Mei, who was covered in blood, and said: "General Zhu, don't fight, you can't hold the Acropolis of Mountains and Seas, even if you fight, you only have a dead end?"
”Zhu Mei knew Mao Yuanyi, who was still Sun Chengzong's praise painting at that time, and later promoted by Sun Chengzong to be the deputy general of the water division.Zhu Mei looked at Mao Yuanyi with disdain: "You also surrendered to Jiannu?"
”Mao Yuanyi explained: "Do you think I will surrender?
”Zhu Mei showed a bitter smile: "Both...
Ran out of bullets?
”The pro-soldier said tiredly: "It's all gone, big handsome!"
”Zhu Mei waved her hand vigorously: "It's time to finish......
Whoever can go, flee or surrender, whatever you want, you have done well enough, and no one will blame you. ”However, everyone around Zhu Mei did not move, as if they had not heard.If you want to leave, you'll be gone a long time ago, and you still have to wait until now?
Mao Yuanyi looked at Zhu Mei not far away: "Old Zhu, I know that you have run out of ammunition and food, and you have done your best, surrender, our whole family army will not hurt you!"
Even if I don't want to fight for this life, I will plead with Your Majesty and pardon you!
”Although he was against two sides, Quan Xu would not let go of the military envoy who dared to kill the whole family army, Mao Yuanyi was not sure if he could make Quan Xu change his mind, but he could only make the last effort.Zhu Mei smiled hoarsely and muttered, "Your Majesty?
That's Your Majesty who is a bunch of rebellious ministers and thieves, not me, Zhu!
”Zhu Mei closed her eyes and muttered, "Your Majesty, Weichen did his best...
Ming Dynasty, I'm really...
I did my best!
”Speaking of this, he picked up a lighter produced in Liaodong, and vigorously hit this kerosene lighter, as the faint light of the fire flickered, Zhu Mei used the lighter to light the fuse under his feet.The fuse began to burn "snorting", and looking at the fuse, behind Zhu Mei, there were several wooden barrels, which should have been filled with gunpowder.Speaking from his heart, at the same time as Zhu Mei ignited the fire, the sharpshooters of the whole family army around him could kill Zhu Mei at any time, but the sharpshooters of the whole family army slowly put down their guns.The fuse was burning, Zhu Mei's chapped lips were moving, and her voice was weak: "Jingkang's shame is still in the snow, when will the courtier's hatred be extinguished, drive a long car to break the lack of ......Helan Mountain" The last survivors of Shanhaiwei, those pro-soldiers, burst into tears and sang in unison: "Dust and soil......
Eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, don't wait for the idle time to happen, empty and sad......, "the dead corpses pillow, rubble everywhere in the mountains and seas Acropolis, sorrow through the passionate singing sounded, resounding in the sky, the city and outside the city can be heard, the words are clear: "Manjianghong, not forgotten, the first to die the teacher is not successful, bury the bones of loyalty, the fire is nirvana!"
”Zhu Mei was the most lonely defender of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the Wenchen surrendered to Jiannu, Beizhili, Jiubian, and Shanxi, while Chongzhen also surrendered to Quan Xu, and the Zen position Quan Xu.And Zhu Mei, the last military general of the Ming Dynasty, has always loved Daming, but Daming can't give him a way back.He was born because of the existence of resistance to Jiannu, weak crown, joined the army, he has been working hard to fight on the front line, he is the most determined main battle faction of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately it has not been reused.With a loud bang, accompanied by the flames that soared into the sky, the battle of the Acropolis of Mountains and Seas finally came to an end.The last of the Guardians turned into the proud stars of the night sky in that explosion.The family army finally took this vital city, and they paid for it more than 330 casualties, more than 20,000 shells of various kinds, and more than a million rounds of ammunition.Zhu Mei, along with more than 8,000 soldiers of the Ming army, more than 5,000 men and women, were also killed and wounded, and few were captured.Among them, more than 30 of Zhu Mei's relatives died one after another after being treated by the family's military medical team, and then went on hunger strike and self-harm......
There was no joy of a big victory for the whole family army, and Yang Yandong immediately reported to Quan Xu the results of Shanhaiwei's battle.When he received the results, Quan Xuliang was speechless for a long time.What he was most worried about still happened, even if the Ming Dynasty was twilight, even if Wenchen loved money and was greedy for life and afraid of death, even if the gentry knocked on the bones and sucked the marrow, even if the world was still smoky.However, there are still countless people like Zhu Mei and Zhou Yuji, who have an almost fanatical love for Daming, and they will not surrender to Jiannu or Quan Xu.In their eyes, Jiannu is an invader and a barbarian.Quan Xu is not a good person, he is a traitor and a rebel.They would rather die for their country than be in the same league as Quan Xu, who actually wants to get these determined people and be loyal to him.After a long time, Quan Xu replied: "Yang Yandong, I ordered you to bury Zhu Mei well, as well as the soldiers of the Ming army who died in the Battle of Shanhaiwei, I ordered to allocate 100,000 taels of silver from the private treasury to build a martyr's cemetery outside the Shanhai Acropolis, and build a separate temple for Zhu Mei......
"The city of Beijing is in chaos like a stabbed ant nest, and countless civilians who still have fresh memories of the ruthless killing and plundering of the Qing army in the Battle of the Breach are afraid of it, and they flee this lonely city with what little wealth they have.Countless scholars, gentry, vassal kings, and generals from all over the world poured into Beijing to welcome the birth of a new dynasty, hoping to share a little from the dragon's work, and the whole capital was in turmoil.Jeon Wook had an indescribable grief and indignation.Under these circumstances, the Battle of Lanzhou officially broke out.Of course, it was not without conditions for the Weite Mongols to defect to the Manchus, they wanted to get the entire Hexi Corridor, and the 150,000 allied troops of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions in the Zhunge Department crossed the Hexi Corridor and arrived at Lanzhou City like yellow sand in the sky.They attacked the city all the way, seized a large number of materials, and also captured a large number of Han slaves, of course, at this time Lanzhou is not the Lanzhou of later generations, here is still the Lintao Mansion of Shaanxi Province, and it is also the defensive jurisdiction of the whole family army.Xu Biao, the newly appointed commander of the 15th Division, sent the 282nd Regiment to Lanzhou with the 59th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Whole Family Army as the old foundation after completing the reorganization of the Qin Army.The head of the 282nd regiment is Xu Biao's old department, and he is also one of Quan Xu's cheap brothers-in-law, since Erniang has become the concubine of the whole family, and her status is stable, and many people from the Xin clan have come to join Erniang.Xin Gufeng is Xin Fang's family in his life, that is, Erniang's elder brother, in fact, Xin Gufeng is more than the father of Xin Fang's family.Xin Gufeng is thirty-nine years old, and he turned out to be one hundred households of Pingliangwei's border army, and he still brought more than a dozen subordinates when he took refuge in Quan Xu, but Xin Gufeng's biggest problem is that he is illiterate, and in the whole family army system, he can't be promoted to the level of regiment commander.The 282nd Regiment is a fast mobile regiment, everyone can ride a horse, and they also have a war horse, but they belong to the formation of an infantry regiment, and the war horse is just a tool in their hands.When Xin Gufeng led more than 1,800 people to arrive outside Lanzhou, the cavalry vanguard of Junggar also arrived in Lanzhou, and they saw that the cavalry of the whole family army was less than 2,000 horses, galloping all the way from Chang'an Mansion for more than 1,000 miles, and the horses of the 282nd Regiment were also exhausted and could not run.It is unimaginable that the consumption of horsepower on a long and rapid march is unimaginable, for several days and nights, a rapid rush of 1,000 miles and hundreds of miles, it is common to exhaust 1,000 or hundreds of war horses, and the war horses of the 282nd Regiment have not yet died of exhaustion in large numbers, and they can already be called very strong.After seeing through the weakness of the 282nd Regiment, the Dzungars made a decisive decision and set up a position in a sandy area to meet the whole family army.It was a terrible mistake for the Dzungars to fight a decisive battle with their entire army under the city of Lanzhou, because this was not a cavalry regiment, but a cavalry infantry regiment.