Ma Fengzhi capsized the ship in the gutter, and like Zheng Sen's army was defeated by Nanjing, he also suffered the loss of underestimating the enemy.

Last September, Zhou Shixiang sent Luo Lun, who was beside Zhang Huangyan, to secretly go to Songjiang to persuade Ma Fengzhi to change his flag anyway. Zhou Shixiang gave the condition that if Ma Fengzhi was correct, he would be awarded the title of Duke of Zhejiang, and he would not need to send troops to deal with Guan Qizhong and Liang Huafeng. He would just lead troops to attack Zhejiang and restrain Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Qing and Fujian, and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang. In addition, Zhou Shixiang also gave Ma Fengzhi a very high bargaining chip, which Zheng Sen had never obtained. Even if Ma Fengzhi could take Zhejiang, then Zhejiang would return to Ma Fengzhi to raise soldiers.

Ma Fengzhi, the man was originally named Ma Jinbao. He was Zuo Liangyu's general. Following Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Menggeng surrendered to Jiujiang, Prince Ying Ajige. When he was the admiral of Susong Changzhen, he had more than 14,000 troops under his command, which was another Qing army brigade in the south of the Yangtze River. However, when the Zheng army invaded the Yangtze River in large numbers, Ma Fengzhi first chose to know the information but did not report it, and then sat on the Zheng army to surround Nanjing, fighting with two speculative plans. Unexpectedly, the Zheng army was defeated under the city of Nanjing, which scared him to panic in the camp every day. In order to clear himself, he personally led his troops to hunt down Susong's gentry to respond to the Ming army, and even led his troops to regain Chongming Island, which made the Zheng army unable to gain a foothold in Haikou and had to withdraw back to Jinxia.

Even so, Ma Fengzhi was still worried. Life was like a year. He was afraid that the Qing court would settle the score with him. At this moment, the news that Nandu was captured by the Taiping Army came, which made him stunned. He came to his senses, but he felt that God really deserved him and told him that he had a way to live. So when Luo Lun arrived, after hearing those conditions, Ma Fengcheng changed his flag without hesitation anyway. He was also a smart person. If he didn't return to the Ming Dynasty, the Taiping Army would definitely come to attack him, and he obviously could not defeat the Taiping Army. Besides, he wanted to die for the Qing Dynasty and hold on in Songjiang. With the temper of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he would not spare him in the future.

Yue Le, Lang Tingzuo, and Guan Yixian's fate, Ma Fengzhi saw it, and he did not dare to put his life without reservation on the young emperor's eyes. That night, all the Ma tribes snatched their braids and hung the Ming flag.

Zhou Shixiang really wanted Ma Fengzhi to fight Guan Xiaozhong and Liang Huafeng who were huddled in Suzhou, Changzhou. Ma Fengzhi would definitely push back and forth, and even thought of Zhou Shixiang as he wanted to be cannon fodder and kill people with a knife. However, Zhou Shixiang asked him to fight Zhejiang, but Ma Fengzhi was extremely happy.

No one knows the reality of Zhejiang better than Ma Fengzhi. First, the Jinxia Sea Battle initiated by Minister Dasu this year, which ruined most of the troops and all the navy in Zhejiang's Green Camp. Then, the Zheng army launched a large-scale siege. Zhao Guozuo and Angbang Zhangjing, who were stationed in Hangzhou, sent Gushan Dayadali. Zhang Jing and Tong Haonian brought 500 soldiers to support Nanjing. Later, the governor Tong Guoqi sent Fubiao guerrilla Liu Chengyin to lead 500 troops to Nanjing. During the entire Nanjing siege, Zhejiang sent a total of 1,000 soldiers to Nanjing. Why are there so few? Because Zhejiang has no soldiers at all!

Ma Fengzhi conservatively estimated that the Green Camp soldiers who were considered elite soldiers in Zhejiang, Tong Guoqi, would not exceed one thousand, and the Eight Banners in Manzhou, Hangzhou. Those Eight Banners are powerful, but they would not exceed two thousand people in full battle. In addition, even the flood defense camp soldiers in various prefectures in Zhejiang were not responsible for anything. Ma Fengzhi had more than 14,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, five-on-one, and no matter how hard he fought, he would have a full chance of winning. Zhejiang was simply the fat meat sent to his mouth. If he didn't swallow it in one bite, he would have to waste the Duke of Zhejiang that Nanjing gave him.

The high revival caused by Nanjing's liberation in Jiangnan was also the confidence that Ma Fengzhi dared to march into Zhejiang. He said to his subordinates optimistically: "If I enter Zhejiang, the local governments will definitely come to surrender. When I go to Hangzhou, there will be no need to spend a soldier or a soldier."

The facts really made Ma Fengzhi guessed. As the news of Nanjing's liberation spread, after the Ma army attacked Zhejiang, seven of the ten prefectures and counties surrendered along the way, the remaining three, one ran to Hangzhou, and two left their seals and returned home directly. The Ma army set out from the Jinshanwei of Songjiang and felt as if they were no one. It took only eleven days to attack Jiaxing Prefecture.

This summer, eastern Zhejiang has been drought and rainy for a long time, and several canals in Jiaxing have dried up and flowed thinly. Ma Fengzhijian had a farmer bathing in the river, and the water was deeper than the horse's belly, so he ordered two groups of troops, one of which was composed of the main horse and infantry, and made a large attack from Tongxing through the water network; the other was composed of navy and advanced from the coast of Zhapu, Pinghu.

The water net defense line deployed by the governor of Zhejiang Tong Guoqi of Qing Dynasty was suddenly disintegrated. The Qing army in Zhejiang lost more than 3,000 people, and the rest fled one after another. On October 14, Tong Guoqi fled back to Hangzhou under the protection of the Han army. Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, heard that Tong Guoqi was defeated, was panicked and mobilized the Qing army in Shaoxing, Ningbo and other places and the Eight Banners of Hangzhou Manzhou to defend Hangzhou.

After the Ma army advanced into Hangzhou, they were extremely arrogant. Zhao Guozuo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Tong Guoqi, and He Kui, Angbang and Zhang Jing, did not dare to fight. The people in the city were frightened and thought that Hangzhou was not safe. Unexpectedly, Ma Fengzhi started out as a thief, was despicable and hated the rich. When he was the admiral of Susong Changzhen, he often tortured those from wealthy families for no reason. First, he used to torture, then hung upside down, and poured jealous into his nose. The rich families were miserable and had to buy everything for peace.

The march into Zhejiang was unimpeded, and he knew that there were not many defenders in Hangzhou, Ma Fengzhi became arrogant and thought that Hangzhou was already in his pocket, but his old ways were reappeared. After the garrison was later ordered soldiers to search for wealthy villagers everywhere, but those who were caught began to torture and extort money. If they were not given, they would set up a fire and roast them, and only roast them into oil. They were miserable and hundreds of people died.

There was an animal in ancient times called "卡" that looked similar to monkeys, but much larger than monkeys. It is said that this animal is the nemesis of monkeys. When a monkey sees a shaking man, his lips and teeth are trembling, his limbs are trembling, he crawls on the ground, and tears flow. The steed monkeys call the monkey forward, reach out to touch it, touch the back from his chest, and check their waists and abdomen to distinguish fat and thinness. The steed monkeys are sent away, and the fat people are left to eat. After the steed monkeys come back, they remind each other not to eat too much in the future, pay attention to losing weight, otherwise they will die at any time.

At present, the slightly fat rich families near Hangzhou were like monkeys, allowing Ma Fengzhi to peel off the skin and knock on the bones. Even the officials and gentry who came to surrender were not spared, causing everyone to be completely relieved. Everyone gritted their teeth and cursed Ma Fengzhi, wishing that he would be defeated by the Qing army immediately. In this regard, Ma Fengzhi did not know himself and was still content with his complacent. It took only a few days for his bragging to his subordinates that Zhao Guozuo and others would open the city to surrender.

When the governor of Zhejiang Tong Guoqi heard that the Ma tribe was in the city, he was overjoyed and advised Zhao Guozuo that since Ma Fengzhi was greedy for money, he would like to him and let him relax his vigilance. Then he chose the desperate people to attack his camp at night, which would definitely be able to defeat him.

Zhao Guozuo had no other way to do it, so he ordered people to collect treasures from the city and loaded more than 30 carriages of all sizes to send them to the horse army camp. He said that as long as Ma Fengzhi could spare the officials, gentry and people in the city, he would offer all the wealth and goods in the city.

It was not that Ma Fengzhi had suspected that this was a treacherous plan by Zhao Guozuo and others. But when Lang Tingzuo and Guan Qizhong were besieging Zheng Sen, they just said they could not stop the city and surrendered. However, Zhao Guozuo and others directly sent treasures to beg for forgiveness, not to delay the date, so they had no doubt that they would store all these treasures.

The next day, a lot of wine and food were sent to the city, saying that Governor Zhao and Governor Tong rewarded the soldiers. Ma Fengzhi was even more proud of his feelings. He felt that he had scared Zhao Guozuo and Tong Guoqi, so he was so humble that he bent his knees to please him. The visitor also said that the city was collecting wealth and was sent out of the city after the search was completed.

Upon hearing this, Ma Fengzhi felt even more at ease and rewarded the people with silver and money to ask him to go back and bring messages to Zhao Guozuo and Tong Guoqi. As long as the wealth and goods are delivered, he will lead the army into the city and will not harm their lives.

Ma Fengzhi had two generals under him who were still awake. He reminded Ma Fengzhi to be careful and immediately attack the city, so he was very at ease to take Hangzhou as soon as possible. However, Ma Fengzhi knew that if the attacking city is now, what should I do if the defenders in the city start to madly and burn all the treasures and food. Anyway, there are not many defenders in the city, so it is better to wait for them to send their wealth, food and food to themselves before entering the city. In this way, even if Zhao Guozuo and the others still refuse to open the city, they will not be afraid that the savings in the city will be lost when they attack the city.

Ma Fengzhi's words made sense, so his subordinates stopped persuading him. The Qing army sent food, meat, wine and food for several days, and then a cart of goods were sent. The horse army was confused and thought that the Qing army was full of courage and vigilance. Whenever he entered the camp, the camp was filled with the fragrance of wine and meat and the laughter of women. There was no military discipline or vigilance. As a result, that night, four hundred Qing soldiers fell down from the city and rushed into the horse army camp in one fell swoop, chopping and setting fires everywhere. Not long after, the horse army camp was filled with fire.

Late at night, Ma Fengzhi came to many Qing troops, and was so scared that he woke up from the drunkenness, but he did not lead the troops to fight back, but instead led his personal troops to fight horses and fled. After Ma Fengzhi ran, no remaining general dared to stay. As a result, tens of thousands of soldiers were wiped out. Seeing the fire outside the city, thousands of Qing cavalry drove out from Hangzhou city, killing thousands of Ming troops in the Ma family, and drowned countless times.

After Ma Fengzhi fled to Jiaxing Mansion, he wanted to gather the remaining troops here to defend him, but he did not expect that the Qing soldiers who surrendered to Jiaxing Mansion closed the city gates and did not let him enter the city. He even shot and killed the horse army from the top of the city. Ma Fengzhi was so angry that he cursed, but had no choice but to escape all the way to Zhejiang. This way, he really made him experience the coldness of the world. None of the gentry who originally said to him to be happy to greet him, but instead organized a group of soldiers to intercept the Ma army. When he fled to Songjiang, Ma Fengshi had only more than thirty cavalry left by his side. He was desperate, so he had to run to Suzhou for help.

After Suna took Ma Fengzhi into the city to resettle, she immediately sent someone to rush to Zhenjiang to spread the news.

After hearing Guo Xiong tell the story of Ma Fengzhi's defeat in detail, Zhou Shixiang sneered and ordered the soldier Dong Changqing: "Tell me what I mean to Suna. Ma Fengzhi is so good at slaughtering people, so let him ask Ma Fengzhi to get into the trap, which can be considered as giving him the same way."
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