The person here is quite famous in history. He is Jia Hanfu, a famous traitor in the Ming Dynasty. He was named "Hanfu", but he only wanted to be "loyal to the Qing Dynasty".
He is from Anji, Quwo, Shanxi Province. He once served as the deputy general of Huai'an in the Ming Dynasty. He fought against Li Chuang with Sun Chuanting and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the second year of Shunzhi. He followed Duoduo to fight against the Southern Ming Dynasty. He made many military exploits and was incorporated into the Zhenglan Banner Han Army. Since then, his official career has been prosperous.
, is now the Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Shanxi was in a tight situation, and Emperor Shunzhi could not spare many soldiers and horses for rescue. Remembering that Jia Hanfu was from Shanxi, he gave him a batch of food and salary, two thousand green battalions, and asked him to go to Shanxi Town to recruit troops. He came to the vicinity of Ningwu City and recruited soldiers from the surrounding area.
In the garrison camp, regiment training camp, and guard post, the weak were eliminated and the strong were retained, and the number of soldiers and horses was actually expanded to 5,000.
This man was a talented general and had trained his troops very skillfully. Hearing that Taiyuan was in danger, he hurriedly led troops from Ningwu to come to the rescue. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, he caught up with the Qing army in Yangqu City and fled north.
Seeing this mess, Jia Hanfu immediately understood what was going on and deliberately asked: "Mr. Liu Zhen, Wu Canrong, what are you doing?"
Liu Wu and Wu Dan blushed, "The Ming army is powerful, but ours is small. We want to withdraw to Datong and join forces with Ma Duxian to stop the Ming army."
Jia Han was angry again, "Taiyuan is the foundation of Hedong. If Taiyuan is lost, Datong will be difficult to defend. As military generals, you have the responsibility to defend the territory. Now you want to abandon the city and leave, are you not afraid of the military law of the imperial court? When I left the capital, the emperor personally gave me
Sword, now you two will test the edge of this sword. Come on, tie these two people up and behead them in public."
He was a senior traitor and a famous general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He had a high prestige among the traitors. Liu Wu and Wu Dan did not dare to resist, but kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"Jia Gong, we retreated north because Taiyuan was isolated and helpless. Now that you are here, you will not dare to retreat."
"Yes, Mr. Jia, please spare our lives. I am willing to die for Mr. Jia."
Now that the Qing Dynasty was weak, it was time to recruit people. Jia Hanfu actually did not want to kill the two of them. It was just that he had lived in the army for a long time and was well versed in the way of leading troops. "Compassion does not lead troops, emotion does not establish things, justice does not manage money, and kindness does not do anything."
"Officer", these soldiers will not obey the soft, only the ruthless, so when they came up, they gave Generals Liu and Wu a dismounting force to frighten their minds and make it easier to command in the future.
Seeing the two of them begging for mercy, he took advantage of the situation and said: "I should have killed you in order to enforce military law. Since this is your first offender, please record the heads on your neck first. If you dare to escape without fighting again, I will kill you!"
Liu Wu and Wu Dan were lucky enough to escape with their lives. Their clothes were soaked with sweat, and their attitude became more and more submissive. "Thank you very much for not killing Mr. Jia, and I am willing to die for Mr. Jia."
"Well, you two are ready to follow me south to Taiyuan County," Jia Hanfu ordered calmly.
It turns out that the Taiyuan Prefecture is not Taiyuan County, but Yangqu County in the north of Taiyuan. The ancient Taiyuan City was the majestic ancient city of Jinyang, which had long been abandoned. The current Taiyuan City was built later and is not as good as the ancient Taiyuan City.
One-twentieth of the city. Because the city was small, it was not suitable to be a prefectural government, so in the Ming Dynasty, Yangqu County was designated as Taiyuan Prefectural Government.
Liu Wu asked cautiously: "Jia Gong, Yangqu is a big city and Taiyuan is a small city. Why don't you guard Yangqu instead of Taiyuan?"
Jia Hanfu was heartbroken. This Liu Wu was really brave and reckless. No wonder he had been defeated in many battles before.
He was disdainful in his heart, but very kind on his face. The way of leading troops was relaxed and he could not always keep a straight face. He smiled gently and said: "As a general, how can you not know the geographical advantages? Taiyuan City is small but strong, and there is Fenshui River in the east.
, is surrounded by Jinshui in the south, Xuanweng Mountain in the west, and Mengshan Mountain in the north. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, Taiyuan is the gateway to Yangqu. Defending Taiyuan means defending Yangqu."
"Jia Gong has such a high opinion that the general will admire him."
After listening to Jia Hanfu's words, Liu Wu and Wu Dan were convinced and led their troops to Taiyuan.
After Liu Wu fled to Yangqu, his troops and horses suffered heavy losses, so he recruited two thousand new soldiers. However, they were not strong enough to fight just after joining the army. Jia Hanfu left these two thousand new soldiers to guard Yangqu and took 14,000 veterans to Taiyuan.
The city is coming.
As soon as he arrived in Taiyuan, he inspected the city defenses and was full of praise.
Taiyuan City is very small, less than eight miles in circumference, but because it is located in a strategic location, the city walls are extremely strong and very high. The three-foot-high city wall has fifty-one walls, thirty-two enemy towers, and four city gates.
There are urn cities in all of them, and there is a ten-foot-deep moat outside the city.
Jia Hanfu was very satisfied after looking at the city wall. He walked around the nine streets and eighteen alleys in the city, and suddenly said to the generals: "Look, does this city look like a phoenix?"
Wu Dan was very surprised: "Jia Gong, why do you think Taiyuan City looks like a phoenix?"
"Look, the gates of the east and west barbicans of this city all open to the south. The south gate is located directly south of the city. Does it look like the wings of a phoenix flying high? There are two wells in the north barbican city, does it look like a pair of eyes of a phoenix?
?Does the Baohua Pavilion near the south gate look like the tail feathers of a phoenix rising high? Does the cross street in the city look like the belly of a phoenix rising high?"
"Like!"
All the generals said in unison that they were similar, but no one dared to say that they were different.
Liu Wu even joked: "Heavenly generals and divine birds protect my Qing Dynasty. How wonderful!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Han regained his interest and wrote:
"Climbing the Phoenix City"
Control mountains and rivers and hundreds of battlefields,
The prancing horse and the general's will.
When fighting begins, the sound of the phoenix rises.
Waiting for the sun and moon to see Yuyi.
This poem uses the sun and moon to refer to the Ming army. The so-called "waiting quietly for the sun and moon to see the feathers" means that he is looking forward to the Ming army coming to Taiyuan quickly. He has been waiting for a long time, and the arrogance appears in the poem.
Although Jia Hanfu was crazy, he was really smart and quickly formulated a battle plan.
He ordered Liu Wu to lead his army to set up defenses along the north bank of Jin River, and he arrayed himself three miles behind Liu Wu. He also ordered Wu Dan to lead his army to hide in Xuanweng Mountain on the west side of Jin River.
"In General Liu Town, when the Ming army crossed the Jin River, you resisted for a while and then retreated to where our central army was, luring the Ming army to go deeper."
"嗻!"
"Wu Canrong, you are hiding in Xuanweng Mountain. When the Ming army crosses the river, attack the Ming army on the south bank of Jinshui River."
"嗻!"
"The rest of the generals will follow my commander in formation. If anyone is afraid of fighting, behead him!"
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Li Zhanchun, the vanguard of the Ming army, and Shi Lin's 10,000 troops arrived at the south bank of Jinshui River.
As soon as Li Zhanchun arrived, he had to cross the river. Shi Lin advised: "General Town, why don't you wait for the general's follow-up troops to arrive before crossing the Jin River?"
Li Zhanchun was delighted, "According to the intelligence, the Qing army on the opposite side is less than 10,000, and Liu Wu is the defeated general of our army. How can we use a bull's knife to cut a chicken? We don't need to wait for the general's army. You and I can defeat the enemy with our own troops."
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"But~" Shi Lin wanted to persuade her again.
Li Zhanchun became impatient and said, "Since you are afraid, stay on the south bank, and I will go to the north bank to defeat the enemy." He then ordered Shi Lin's 3,000 troops to stay on the south bank, and led 7,000 subordinates to cross the Jin River in a furious manner. Seeing the fierceness of the Ming army's approach, Liu Wu followed Jia Han's plan to revive the army and resisted for a while before retreating.
"Brothers, don't let the Tatars escape, follow me." Li Zhanchun shouted loudly for fear that the Qing army would escape and lose military merit.
"Kill the captives", "Kill the captives", "Kill the captives"??
The Ming army shouted "Kill the captives" and followed the Qing army on all sides, chasing after them.