What are the ancient heroes guarding the city?

Shi Kefa, a national hero, lived in Shunzhi for two years (1645).

In Qing Dynasty, Alex Gao, one of the four towns, was invited to the north by Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu of Suiyang Road.

On the night of February 12, Alex Gao was killed by Xu Dingguo in Yuan Keli Prefecture, Suizhou, and the Qing army took the opportunity to go south. Shi Kefa could not recover the Central Plains when he heard the news.

In April of the same year, Zuo Liangyu led hundreds of thousands of troops from Wuhan to one side, "except Ma Ruan", and ordered Shi Kefa to withdraw from the river to prevent Zuo Liangyu. Shi Kefa had to help all the way to Yanziji to prevent emptiness. Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Huang Degong and died of vomiting blood. Zi Zuo Meng Geng led the whole army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Shi Kefa was ordered to return to the north. At this time, Xu Yi was captured by the Qing Dynasty, and Sizhou City fell. Shi Kefa then went to Yangzhou to continue to resist the attack of the Qing army.

In May, Duoduo surrounded Yangzhou, and Shi Kefa sent troops to rescue towns and fled to Huai 'an in the north. Only a few soldiers such as Liu arrived, and the defense was short-lived. Dourgen surrendered at this time, and Shi Kefa refused to surrender to Fu Dourgen. On the 24th, the Qing army attacked the city with red artillery. At night, the city of Yangzhou was broken, and Shi Kefa committed suicide and was stopped. The crowd swarmed down and shouted, "I'm in charge!" " After being captured, Shi Kefa refused to surrender and was killed.

Because of the heavy casualties of the Qing army who attacked the city, they ordered the slaughter of Yangzhou people in anger. The massacre lasted for ten days and more than 800,000 people died. History is called "Yangzhou Ten Days". Twelve days after Shi Kefa's death, the body was unknown. The next year, Steve buried his clothes in Meihualing outside Tianning Gate in Yangzhou. Later, I wrote Plum Blossom Ridge to describe it.