Li Fang's martial arts skills are not weak, and his marksmanship is superb. Since he said that the person in front of him is very fierce, his skills should not be weak.

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and asked:

"What's your name and where do you live?"

Yan Yingyuan didn't hear clearly what Li Fang called Zhu Cihong. Seeing the young general asking questions, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed again:

"General, Yan Yingyuan, a grassroots man, whose courtesy name is Jianheng, is from Tongzhou!"

Zhu Cixi smiled and nodded:

"Yan Yingyuan, a good name, and history..."

As Zhu Cixiang spoke, he looked at the slave tied to the war horse. Just as he was about to ask, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yan Yingyuan, courtesy name Jianheng! Damn it, on the 81st day of Jiangyin, he was a famous national hero and the leader of the Three Dukes who resisted the Qing Dynasty?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang immediately jumped off his horse and walked to Yan Yingyuan. He looked up and down carefully, which made Yan Yingyuan's hair stand on end.

"Yan Yingyuan, don't you live in Jiangyin? Why are you in Tongzhou?"

Yan Yingyuan was confused by Zhu Cixiang's question. He didn't know why the young general asked this question, so he hurriedly bowed and said:

"General, I have grown up in Tongzhou and have never been to Jiangyin."

Zhu Cixiang nodded and carefully recalled the information about Yan Yingyuan.

The 81st day of Jiangyin occurred in the Southern Ming Dynasty. It seems that Yan Yingyuan only took up the post of Jiangyin official in the 11th year of Chongzhen.

Later, he was transferred to Guangdong. Because his mother was seriously ill and there was a roadblock, he was unable to make the trip, so he achieved the goal of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

In the first year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty, when Yan Yingyuan was appointed as Jiangyin Dianshi, he led 100,000 volunteers to defend the isolated city for 81 days in the face of 240,000 Qing cavalry and more than 200 heavy artillery.

The Qing army defeated three kings and eighteen generals in a row, killing 75,000 people. It was called Jiangyin Eighty-one Days in history.

When the city was broken, Yan Yingyuan sat on the watchtower in the east city, asked for a pen, and wrote on the city gate:

"On the 80th day, I pledged my allegiance to Taizu as a figure in the 17th dynasty. One hundred thousand people died with one heart and soul, leaving three hundred miles of Ming Dynasty."

After finishing the question, he led a thousand men on horseback to fight and killed countless Qing soldiers. He tried to break through the west gate but failed. He looked around at his followers and said:

"Thank you to the people for me, and I have finished serving the country!" He pulled out his short sword, stabbed his chest and blood came out, and threw it into the lake in front of him.

Later, he was fished out as a prisoner by Jiannu. After being captured, Yan Yingyuan refused to kneel to the Qing Dynasty Baylor. He was stabbed through the tibia and "blood boiled and he collapsed", and finally died heroically.

After Yan Yingyuan's death, there were still more than ten servants left, but they were all killed because they refused to surrender. Lu Zhengxian also died together. A total of forty-three men, women, and men from the Jiangyin County government set themselves on fire.

The official Chen Ming encountered a bloody battle with Qing soldiers with a sword. He was seriously injured and stood frozen with the sword in his hand. When he died, he was leaning against the wall, standing tall.

He taught Feng Houdun to hang himself in Minglun Hall, and his wife and sister threw themselves into a well.

On August 22, Qing soldiers began to massacre the city, and the people fought to the end or committed suicide.

The people in the whole city considered it lucky to die first, and many women were loyal and brave enough to drown themselves in the river. Seven-year-old children resolutely sacrificed their lives, but no one obeyed.

Two days after the Qing army massacred the city, they "came out to calm the people." At this time, there were only fifty-three people left in the city.

A war that was originally one-sided ended tragically for 81 days. The isolated city was besieged and 100,000 ordinary peasants faced 240,000 elite soldiers and generals.

After day and night siege, artillery bombardment and powerful crossbows, the opponent's three kings and eighteen generals were defeated.

Let the Jiannu slaves pay the price of the remaining people, which can be regarded as a miracle in the history of Sino-foreign wars.

Almost all the strategies that can be used in the Thirty-Six Strategies have been used.

Fake surrender, steal a camp, attack with fire, nail cannon holes, borrow arrows from a straw man, pretend to be a ghost, attack with a small group, climb into the pit and be besieged...

Almost everything is used to its best, and everything shines with creativity.

The most heroic thing was to send the white-haired old man out of the city to pretend to surrender and hide the gunpowder at the bottom of the barrel where the silver was.

When Jiannu was raising his tent to surrender, the cannon burst into flames, killing more than 3,000 Qing soldiers on the spot, including a prince and two generals, for whom the Qing army paid tribute.

At the same time, the sad sound of cannons also rang out from the top of Jiangyin City, which was a tribute to the fellow villagers who died generously...

Later generations will collectively call him, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, the Three Dukes of the Anti-Qing Dynasty.

Of course Zhu Cihong knew how awesome Yan Yingyuan was, but he never expected that Li Fang would bring Yan Yingyuan to him when he was most short of manpower.

Zhu Cihong intended to take Yan Yingyuan under his command, so he asked:

"The Ming army's camp is in Tongzhou, and the Jiannu have not occupied it. Why are you being chased and killed by the Jiannu?"

Yan Yingyuan told the truth:

"General, how did the grassroots know that Jiannu suddenly entered the country? A few days ago, they went to Changping to meet friends. Unexpectedly, Changping fell. The grassroots hurried back to Tongzhou, but they met Jiannu on the road. Fortunately, Lord Li Fang came to the rescue."

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly:

"To be honest, I am the Crown Prince, and the army in front of you is my East Palace Guards. I wonder if you are willing to join my Palace Guards and serve the country?"

"What? Crown Prince..."

Yan Yingyuan was immediately confused. How could he have thought that the people who saved him were the Crown Prince's East Palace Guards? He never dreamed that he would see the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty in this life.

After reacting, Yan Yingyuan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed:

"The common people pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is Yan Yingyuan's great honor to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

You must know that at his peak, Yan Yingyuan was just a Jiangyin official, equivalent to the chief of the county police station. After living with the crown prince, he was a follower of the dragon.

Yan Yingyuan has seen with his own eyes how awesome the East Palace Guards are. They are absolutely invincible in the world. How could he refuse the opportunity to join such a powerful army?

Seeing that the famous fierce man in history was willing to join the East Palace Guards, Zhu Cixiang was also very excited and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yan Yingyuan up.

"Without any courtesy, welcome to join the East Palace Guards. From today on, you will be the commander-in-chief of the East Palace Guards. I hope you will serve the Ming Dynasty with all your heart!"

Zhu Cixiang said a word, and Yan Yingyuan immediately became the seventh-rank military attache of the Ming Dynasty. You must know that when he was a magistrate in Jiangyin, he had no rank yet. He was the lowest official, not even the ninth rank.

Yan Yingyuan was promoted so quickly that he was at a loss and hurriedly knelt down to thank him:

"Thank you, Your Highness, Yan Yingyuan swears allegiance to the Crown Prince to the death!"

Zhu Cixiang helped Yan Yingyuan up with a smile:

"Hurry up, since you are already a member of the East Palace Guards, from now on you will not kneel down to anyone in the army, just give a military salute!"

"As you command!"

Yan Yingyuan immediately gave Zhu Cihong a standard Ming Dynasty military salute. Zhu Cihong was a little surprised by this. It was different for both civil and military personnel. He did not know how to salute the military salute without a teacher.

After taking in the fierce man, Zhu Cixiang once again looked at the Jiannu who was tied up on the war horse and asked:

"Li Fang, why did you bring a prisoner back? Don't you know that I only want to build slaves' heads?"

Seeing that the Crown Prince looked unhappy, Li Fang hurriedly saluted Zhu Cihong:

"Your Highness, my subordinates met three escaped Jiannu slaves on the road. Brother Yan thought this person might be a Jiannu high official, so we captured him and wanted His Highness to find someone to identify him..."

When Zhu Cihong heard that he had misunderstood Li Fang, he smiled lightly and said:

"Oh, that's it. Put it down and let me see it!"

"As you command!"

Li Fang took the order and immediately stepped forward to untie the slave from the war horse and pulled the man off the horse.

Jian Nu was originally tied face down on the horse, but when he fell off the horse, his true face was revealed on all fours. Zhu Cixiang laughed after just one look.

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