"Dream of Red Mansions: Dragons and Snakes Fight for Jade: **109" (continued above, Yongli period).
In 1648, the second year of Yongli, the situation continued to occur one after another. In the first month, Jin Shenghuan was in Nanchang anyway;In March, Li Chengdong was in Guangzhou anyway;When it came to Layue, Jiang Hao was in Datong anyway. During this period, the turbulent times surged, and many heroes rose one after another. For these troubled heroes, let's take a brief look:
Jin Shenghuan, originally the chief soldier under Zuo Liangyu, once returned to the Qing Dynasty with Zuo Mengeng. Li Chengdong is the chief soldier under Gao Jie, and when he was young, he fought in Li Zicheng's army with Gao Jie, a harrier who climbed over the mountain. However, Gao Jie betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing army, causing Li Chengdong to be disgruntled. As for Jiang Xuan, he was born in a family of generals in the Ming Dynasty, and was the general soldier of Datong before the difficulty of Jiashen.
Li Zicheng's army arrived, Jiang Jiu did not send an arrow and surrendered directly. However, Li Zicheng almost killed him for "treason". In this scene, Li Zicheng's absurdity is fully revealed. There is a record that says: "Tie Jiang Jiuzhi and condemn him for treason, and want to behead him." But Zhang Tianlin, an officer known as the "Heavenly Star", persuaded Li Zicheng: "Boss, we shouted that we would surrender the gun and not kill, and the people immediately surrendered, and it is not appropriate to kill the family again." Li Zicheng agreed: "Okay, then don't kill." Then, Jiang Hao was continued to be appointed as the chief soldier. This episode makes people sigh, does the decision to kill depend on Li Zicheng's mood?
After Jiang Hao swayed at the Ghost Gate, his outlook on life, values, and worldview have undergone earth-shaking changes. It is said that he once said: "The land of the Central Plains, the orthodoxy of China, for more than 3,000 years, although there have been defeats, there will be those who will rise and rise." Just because of the national disaster, it is not what I want to return to the Qing Dynasty to survive. This also shows that joining the Qing army was not his original intention.
Why did these heroes rebel when the Qing Dynasty was so powerful and then take refuge in the Southern Ming Dynasty?It seems incomprehensible. However, digging deeper, I found some patterns. Take Li Chengdong as an example, he was once a powerful defender of Nanming, but when he saw Nanming's corruption, he was unwilling to join these greedy ** and decided to go on the Northern Expedition. However, due to various reasons, his Northern Expedition finally ended in a strange death - he did not wake up from a hangover, fell from his horse and drowned in the offensive of the Qing army.
Can these capricious people also have words of loyalty?It seems that there is!Human nature is complex, and everyone has the possibility of becoming a Buddha. As it turned out, these figures, though capricious, showed loyalty at critical moments. After all, the general fell from his horse and died in a hundred battles, and turned back thousands of miles to the river, so he died for a long time. The water is cold and the wind is sluggish, the clothes on the seat are like snow, and the sad song of the strong man is not thorough. The bird knows as much hatred as it does, and it is expected that it will cry tears and blood. Who is drunk with me?
To come, stay tuned.