Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 178 The wine and meat passed through the intestines, leaving the Buddha in his heart

In early February, Dorgon led an army of 20 soldiers to the city of Datong, and besieged the city fiercely.

Azige has a different heart, and there is a rebellion in Datong area, and Dorgon is very anxious.

He knew that if the rebellions could not be quelled quickly, the rule of the Qing Dynasty in the north would be in jeopardy, so after besieging Datong City, he ordered the artillery to open fire with all its strength.

One hundred red-coated cannons bombarded the enemy indiscriminately for several days.The city wall of Datong collapsed in many places and was devastated.

Under the leadership of Master Yuantong and Jiang Guan, the defenders in the city struggled to support.All the men in the city, including Jiang Yan, had their braids cut off and their heads shaved. Yuantong joked that this was an "army of monks".

Cannonballs rained and roared like thunder.The soldiers fell one after another, causing countless casualties. The streets in the city were full of corpses, and the houses were crumbling to this side. It was a tragic scene.

With a gloomy face, Jiang Yu sighed: "Dorgon came so fast, the enemy is outnumbered, and the preparation is not enough, this battle is doomed!"

Yuantong looked at Jiang Yu and asked, "What, do you regret it?"

"No, I don't regret it!" Jiang Yan put his hands on the crenels of the city wall and smiled, "I just feel that my chest is wide open, and the depression is swept away. A man should live a vigorous life. How can he be a dog and a slave? "

"Yes, if you straighten your waist and be magnanimous, you will have no fear. This is the Vajra Arhat state!" Yuantong clasped his hands together and recited Buddhist scriptures.

The siege of Datong lasted for three days and three nights, and all the soldiers in the city were killed or injured, leaving only more than [-] soldiers.Tomorrow, the Qing soldiers will attack again, and the city will be destroyed.

Jiang Guan understood that this time he was doomed to die, and Dorgon would never give him a second chance to surrender, and he had no intention of surrendering.

He wiped the knife and persuaded: "Master Fan, let me call you that. Before I moved south, the two of us had a deep friendship. We can be regarded as old friends. Datong City will definitely not be able to hold on, please return Master Fan left earlier, in order to make a comeback in the future..."

"You, Jiang Guan, regard death as your home, so I will just drag on and live?" Yuantong shook his head, his tone firm, "I should have died when Li Zicheng invaded the capital, and I have lived to this day just to repay Your Majesty's kindness."

"Back then when Donglin party members set off a robbery case in Nanjing, I knew I couldn't gain a foothold in the imperial court. In order not to cause trouble for Your Majesty, I left Nanjing city by myself. After arriving in Datong, I have been persuading you to resist the Manchu Qing, and now you have your wish , even though I couldn’t go further, what regrets can there be?”

Jiang Guan looked up to the sky with a long smile: "Forget it, forget it, kill yourself and become a benevolent, tomorrow!"

The two looked at each other and laughed, shook hands, walked out of the barracks side by side, and went to the top of the city to inspect.

Jiang Guan wanted to die on the battlefield, to have a good time, but someone refused to let him do so.

When Jiang Guan arrived at the north city gate, Yang Zhenwei, the guard of the north gate, said, "General Jiang, the city cannot be defended anymore. I think it is better to surrender..."

"What did you say?" Jiang Yu called out.

"For the sake of the common people, the final general, please surrender!" Yang Zhenwei said.

"Shake the morale of the army, I'll kill you!" Jiang Yan roared.

Before he could draw out the knife, a soldier jumped out from behind and stabbed him with a spear.Obviously, this was a premeditated mutiny.

Jiang Yan spat blood from his mouth, leaned against the city wall staggeringly, threw the knife, and said with a compassionate expression:

"Yang Zhenwei, you betrayed me. I have nothing to say. I first betrayed Emperor Chongzhen, then Li Zicheng, and now the Manchu Qing court. You have followed suit. I will reap the consequences!"

"But I suddenly feel that you are very pitiful. Do you know why? Because you will always be nailed to the pillar of shame in history! I may not have a good reputation in the annals of history, but people will remember that I resisted the Manchu Qing. Actions, will say a prodigal son will not change money..."

Speaking of this, he vomited blood wildly, and finally couldn't hold on, and his body rolled down from the crenel.

Yang Zhenwei shamelessly said: "I don't care what kind of infamy I bear after death, I just want to live, and living is better than anything else!"

Immediately raised the white flag, opened the city gate, and left the city to surrender.

When Yuantong learned of the mutiny at the North Gate, it was too late to stop it. The Qing soldiers poured into the city like a tide, and he himself was captured.

Sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, Dorgon glared at the heavily bound Yuantong, and said, "You are Fan Jingwen?"

"Exactly!"

"Damn it! Fan Jingwen, since you have become a monk, why do you want to encourage Jiang Guan to raise troops to rebel?"

"I, Fan Jingwen, are firstly a Han Chinese, and secondly, a courtier of the Ming Dynasty. Don't say that when I was alive, I was inseparable from you. Even if I died, my ghost would linger. If the tartars were not driven out of Shanhaiguan, I would not be reincarnated as a human being." !"

Dorgon was so angry that he felt sick and tactful, and said sullenly: "The people in Datong City followed you to cause rebellion and did not pay attention to the imperial court. I led the troops to the city, but I still didn't know how to repent and resisted. Ah, massacre the city for three days and kill all the people in Datong City!"

Yuantong's face trembled, and he shouted: "If you do a lot of evil, you will be punished sooner or later!"

"Scared?" Dorgon stared into Yuantong's eyes, and said word by word, "You are a monk, abide by the rules and regulations, do not kill or eat alcohol and meat. If you can drink and eat meat in front of this king, this king may It can break the rules and save the people in the city from dying."

"Really?" Yuantong asked eagerly.

Dorgon clapped his hands, someone came in with a plate of meat and a jug of wine, and put them in front of Yuantong.

The soldier untied Yuantong, and Yuantong clasped his hands together and said, "My Buddha is merciful. Since I converted to Buddhism, my disciples have been obeying the precepts. Today, in order to save the people in the city, I have to break the precepts. The wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha will keep them in his heart!"

While talking, tears flowed from his eyes while eating meat and drinking.

After eating, he said: "Prince Regent, you must keep your word!"

Unexpectedly, Dorgon stood up and laughed loudly: "Fan Jingwen, Fan Jingwen, you are so naive. You want to eat meat and drink alcohol just to save the lives of the people in the city. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"What, you want to break your promise?" Yuantong suddenly got up.

"Massacre!" Dorgon roared.

"Dog Tartar, you will die badly, the poor monk fought with you..." Yuantong yelled, lowering his head and bumping into Dorgon.

The guard next to him drew out a knife and chopped it on Yuantong's bald head. His skull burst and his face was covered with blood.

Yuantong fell to the ground, and when he was about to die, he shouted: "There is no evil in the world like massacres, and there is no wicked person like tartars! The sky is full of gods and Buddhas, if you remain indifferent, you are not worthy of becoming Buddhas and saints..."

Yuantong's body was stiff, and he was holding a jade pendant in his right hand, which was given to him by His Majesty the Emperor when he left Nanjing City.

The blood soaked the jade pendant, emitting a red light.Yuantong's body was shrouded in red light, shining brightly.

Yuantong died, but the Tartars did not put down their butcher knife.

In addition to Yang Zhenwei's family members of officers and soldiers, "officials, soldiers and civilians did their best to punish them", "the city was overwhelmed by five feet", and neighboring prefectures, counties and other areas were also slaughtered, which is known as "the massacre of Datong" in history.

After the Qing army carried out the Datong Massacre, there was no detailed number of victims left in the annals of history.But later, the magistrate of Datong sent by the Qing Dynasty wrote to Shunzhi, saying that there were only 5 serious criminals left in the city, and since there were no sufferers, these 5 people could be released.This memorial is still preserved in the First Historical Archives.

The crime is heinous, and the gods and men are all angry!
(End of this chapter)