The Ming Dynasty is a singable dynasty in Chinese history, which inherited two ethnic minority regimes, suffered from various natural and man-made disasters, encountered the period of the Xiaoice river on earth, and even played the brilliant record of the "Three Great Marches of the Wanli Calendar" in the later period. "The Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies" is the portrayal of this very tragic and magnificent dynasty. However, with the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens, even though famous generals such as Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng emerged in the late Ming Dynasty, they could not escape the laws of the decaying dynasty. However, at this time, a literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties relied on their own strength to prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades, so that the historical book "The Biography of Zhang Gong, the Left Attendant of the Bingbu" recorded: "From Chengshu to Jiachen, Gai nineteen years, Huang Yan died and Ming died." "
Zhang Huangyan's story begins in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The 22-year-old Zhang Huangyan studied the art of war since childhood, and his archery skills were excellent, and he could "spread all the shots" during the examination, so that everyone around him did not dare to underestimate him. Later, the Qing soldiers entered the customs, and Zhang Huangyan followed and threw himself into the anti-Qing wave. Later, King Lu arrived in Shaoxing to preside over anti-Qing affairs, and the 26-year-old Zhang Huangyan was deeply valued. In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the Yongli Emperor made Zheng Chenggong the King of Yanping Commandery and Zhang Huangyan the Left Attendant of the Bingbu, and together they resisted the Qing.
At that time, the Qing army stationed on the Yangtze River set up heavy artillery along the way and the defense was strong, and Zhang Huangyan led seventeen warships under his command to astutely destroy the river defense, and cooperated with the Zheng army to "cross the river" and march into Nanjing. At that time, Zhang Huangyan led his rebel army of less than 10,000 men driving less than 100 small boats, and resolutely decided to lead his army to go deeper and attack the Guanyin Gate in Nanjing, covering Zheng's successful capture of Zhenjiang. That month, Zhang Huangyan's fleet continued westward to the Yangtze River, and the Qing army at that time was already frightened by his previous fierce style, like a bird of fright, and the people along the way welcomed his arrival. Subsequently, Zheng Chenggong came to the outside of Nanjing to attract the main force of the Qing army for him. He regained Wuhu in just two months, and using this as a stronghold, the Fourth Route Army conquered several important cities in Jiangnan, and then, in the name of Zheng Chenggong, called on all localities to "return to righteousness and oppose evil." At that time, officials in Anhui and Jiangsu were greatly shaken, and many people who remembered Daming were eager to try.
Subsequently, Zhang Huangyan and all the armies made unusually smooth progress, conquering a total of four provinces, three prefectures, and twenty-four counties in a very short period of time. The land and water army grew to tens of thousands of people, and the hearts of the people in several surrounding provinces such as Hunan, Jiangxi, Henan, and Cave began to change, and the Qing court was deeply frightened at that time, and even the Shunzhi Emperor began to consider the imperial conquest.
However, seeing that victory was in sight, Zheng Chenggong underestimated the Qing army in Nanjing, and finally suffered a great defeat under the city of Nanjing, which once again made Zhang Huangyan's rear catch fire, and finally failed! As soon as Zheng Chenggong's army withdrew, Zhang Huangyan lacked rear support and fell into the encirclement of the Qing army, and finally escaped in blood.