Shi Kefa's Defense of Yangzhou

Ming history records: In the first year of Hongguang (1645), the Ming general Shi Kefa defended Yangzhou, and the Qing army, under the leadership of Duoduo, attacked Yangzhou, and after many days of non-restraint, heavy casualties, Duoduo, Dolgun's brain anger, heavy siege of the city, continuous attacks, may 25 finally because of the lack of food, the city fell. Duo Duobai lured Shi Kefa unsuccessfully, killed Shi Kefa, at the age of 45. After the Qing army occupied Yangzhou, at the behest of Duoduo and Dolgun, the Qing soldiers slaughtered and plundered, and sealed the sword for ten days, which was called "Yangzhou Ten Days" in history. There are 800,000 corpses in the city, old and young women and Confucians are all in distress, and the century-old prosperous place has become a purgatory on earth, which is unbearable to see.

This is one of the famous disasters in the history of the Chinese nation, which also asks two questions: 1. Danqing was written in this way. National heroes fight for the country, the military and the people are united, although the destruction of the city to alleviate difficulties is particularly commendable. Shi Kefa showed national fanaticism in this defense war and left his name in the history of the Qing Dynasty. 2. The invasion of foreign captives has always been a history of blood and tears. The Manchus are about to rule the whole country, they have become the rulers of this land, the meaning of the country is the home, the country is composed of thousands. If every family experiences misfortune, the whole country will face misfortune. The Qing army began to slaughter the city only for the loss of one baylor and two major generals, and your humanity went there. The Manchus ruled China though. However, under high pressure, the anti-Manchu and anti-Qing movements rose and fell, and the Qing court died in 1911.

May the world be far away from war, there will be no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn, and most wars lack humanity!