What is the story of Shi Kefa's tenacious resistance to Qing Dynasty in Yangzhou?

Shi Kefa, a native of Xiangfu, Henan Province, was called Xianzhi. Living in Daxing, Zhili. Grandpa used to be a magistrate, and his political track was good. After home, the road fell down. At the age of 20, Shi Kefa lived in a wild temple before taking the boy test. It happened that Zuo Guangdou, a scholar, inspected his studies in Beijing and came to this wild temple to shelter from the wind and snow. Seeing a young man asleep at his desk, Zuo Guangdou couldn't bear to disturb him. He just took the article he had just written to his desk. It turned out to be a rare good article. Zuo Guangdou put the article back in its original place, wrote down its common name and put on his own mink coat. In the exam, Zuo Guangdou chose him as the first in the county. He also took him to his mansion to study with his sons and nephews, and often encouraged him to study hard and become a useful material for the country in the future. After school, they often discuss current events and debate the past and the present, just like father and son. Shi Kefa has an old mother and no one to support him. Zuo Guangdou sent people to send food and clothing to the elderly on a monthly basis, which solved Shi Kefa's worries.

Soon, Zuo Guangdou was framed by Wei Zhongxian and was arrested and imprisoned. Shi Kefa tried his best and finally saw the left side in prison. Under the guidance of the jailer, he found Zuo Guangdou and saw him sitting on the ground against the wall. His Sect was burned almost beyond recognition. His left leg was fractured below the knee and his bones were exposed. Shi Kefa was heartbroken, holding Zuo Guangdou's leg and crying. Zuo Guangdou recognized his voice, but he couldn't open his eyes. Zuo Guangdou opened his eyelids with his fingers and glared at him. "What are you doing in a place like this?"? The country is in such a mess that you are still crying here. Who will support world events? If you don't leave soon, you'll die if you are caught by traitors. You might as well kill me. " He said, and groped for instruments of torture on the ground, pretending to hit Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa had to reluctantly back out. Shi Kefa was deeply impressed by this incident. Until his death, his teacher still focused on the overall situation and entrusted state affairs. How can he slack off? So he studied hard and was finally admitted to Jinshi at the age of 27, and was awarded the position of Xi 'an. At the age of 30, he was promoted to Minister of Family Affairs. Later, because of actively suppressing the peasant uprising, he was promoted to the Nanjing Ministry of War.

In the turbulent political situation in Nanming, in order to confront the overall situation of Qing Dynasty, Shi Kefa endured humiliation and went to Yangzhou to work. As a minister of the Ministry of War, Shi Kefa was excluded by Ruan Dacheng and others and failed to enter the Cabinet to handle affairs. In order to fight against the overall situation, Shi Kefa has no complaints and devoted himself to the offensive and defensive. His aim is to "restore Shenjing (Beijing)", and he is compared to Li Gang in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In order to fight against Qing Dynasty, Shi Kefa "can't walk with an umbrella, can't eat two flavors, can't take off his coat and sleep". He devoted himself to the anti-Qing movement without fans in summer and fur in winter. He was heavily guarded in four towns in Jiangbei, but his four generals were cunning and fierce, very stubborn, and refused to accept each other, often causing infighting. Whenever there is friction, Shi Kefa will personally mediate. Gao Jie, the general of Surabaya Town, was originally a subordinate of Li Zicheng. He took the lead in fighting for the territory of Yangzhou. With the connivance of Alex Gao, stragglers plundered outside Yangzhou, causing great dissatisfaction among Yangzhou people. People held fast to the city, but Alex Gao's army didn't enter the city after months of attack.

Shi Kefa was furious when he learned that, and he couldn't wait to take people to destroy the bandit troops in Alex Gao. After much consideration, he put the drawn sword back. He has extremely rich experience in running the army, knowing that a slight carelessness in this matter will lead to Alex Gao's defection to the enemy. At this point, we can only be emotional with him, understand it with reason, and explain to him the great righteousness of resisting Qing Dynasty. So Shi Kefa took off his armor, put on his official clothes and set off for Yangzhou.

When Alex Gao learned that Shi Kefa was coming, he was very scared and thought that Shi Kefa was coming to criticize. Shi Kefa didn't blame Alex Gao, but sincerely warned him not to be an enemy of the people and to strictly observe military discipline. Alex Gao and his men were moved by Shi Kefa's sincerity, so they withdrew their troops and moved to Guazhou. After Yangzhou was settled, Shi Kefa immediately entered Yangzhou and established Du Fu.

In the court of Nanming Dynasty, the traitor Malik Shiying seduced the emperor Hong Guang all day and did nothing. At the same time, they are afraid of Shi Kefa's meritorious service, so they often deduct or postpone the payment of wages, and the soldiers starve and freeze at the front. Shi Kefa was in a very sad mood.

Soon, Xuzhou was in a hurry. Shi Kefa ordered Alex Gao to lead his troops to the rescue. Who knows, Xu Dingguo, the company commander of Henan Province, has secretly surrendered to the Qing army. This time, he went to Xuzhou with Alex Gao and secretly got Alex Gao and his guards drunk. In the middle of the night, he killed all Alex Gao and his guards. The Qing soldiers easily broke through the defense line of Xuzhou in Nanming and further advanced to the south of the Yangtze River.

The news of Alex Gao's funeral reached Shi Kefa, who shouted, "The Central Plains is no longer worth it!" After screaming, I beat my chest and cried like rain. Although Alex Gao had many shortcomings, he was brave and good at fighting, and his death was a great loss to Shi Kefa's resistance to Qing Dynasty.

In April of the second year of Shunzhi (AD 1645), Duoduo led the Qing army to invade Huaibei, Huai 'an was captured soon, and the Qing army advanced on Yangzhou. The situation is very critical. At this point, Shi Kefa is preparing to personally stationed in the west gate of Yangzhou City, which is the easiest to be breached, but Nan Ming has internal strife. General Zuo Liangyu stationed in Wuchang was dissatisfied with Ma Shiying's dictatorship and launched an uprising against Nanking. Ma Shiying quickly asked Hong Guang to recall the company commanders and Shi Kefa of four towns in Jiangbei, and asked them to evacuate to the south of the Yangtze River to rescue Nanjing. Shi Kefa had to lead the troops across the river. As soon as he reached the south bank, he heard the news of Zuo Liangyu's defeat. Shi Kefa rushed north to cross the river. He returned to Yangzhou day and night. The Qing army, led by Xu Dingguo, arrived at the gates of Yangzhou on May 10.

Shi Kefa quickly called the generals from various towns to guard the city, and only Liu arrived with 4,000 soldiers. The Qing soldiers sent Chris Lee, the commander-in-chief of Sizhou, to surrender, and Shi Kefa ordered him to be shot. The Qing army never gave up and wrote five letters of surrender, which Shi Kefa burned without looking. On May 20th, a lot of troops stormed, and the northwest corner of Yangzhou City was breached by the Qing army. Shi Kefa was heartbroken. Everyone crowded around him, trying to break through the small east gate. Unfortunately, the Qing army came face to face. Shi Kefa looked at it and shouted, "I am Shi Kefa!"

The Qing army escorted Shi Kefa to Dodo, who advised him to surrender. He snapped, "I can break my head and never give in!" " Dodo urged again, "Have you seen Hong Chengchou? If you fall down, you will be rich. " Kefa said contemptuously, "How can I imitate his behavior! My determination has long been made: the city will die and I will die! " The generals of the Qing army advised him to surrender for another three days, but he still refused to give in.

On May 23rd, the second year of Shunzhi (AD 1645), Shi Kefa, an unyielding anti-Qing hero, was killed by the enemy. There are too many bodies because of the hot weather. His family came to restrain him, but he didn't recognize the body, so he had to bury his robe in Meihualing, Yangzhou.