Aziz killed innocent people on the pretext that the Han people tried to rebel. Although Jiang's personality is not brilliant, he stepped forward to protect innocent civilians and constantly clashed with Aziz.
"The Battle of Tatar" records: "Datong women are called the most beautiful women in China, and Eight Kings (Azig) and their entourage raped women at will. A bride with status was snatched from the sedan chair by them, and Jiang Mosaic personally sought audience with their important people and was driven out. Jiang Qian was more than I could bear, and flew into a rage. He vowed to use the blood of Tatars to wash away his shame, and immediately took Qin Bing to his home and killed anyone he saw. I was so scared that Azig fled from the wall. "
This year, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and Li Chengdong happened anyway, and the anti-Qing uprisings in the south of the Yangtze River broke out one after another, making the Qing court overwhelmed.
Seeing that the anti-Qing movement was in full swing, Jiang Qian began to prepare for the anti-Qing affairs in the dark. In that year1February, after the news of Duoduo's death and Dourgen's illness reached Datong, Jiang Qian thought it was time to fight against Qing Dynasty.
He took advantage of the announcement of the Qing court and the opportunity when the governor left Datong to inspect the grain and grass, closed the city gate, killed the Qing soldiers, declared his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and called himself a general.
After the news spread, the soldiers and civilians in nearby counties also killed officials of the Qing court, announcing that it was almost a prairie fire anyway. According to statistics, more than 70% counties in Shanxi are like this.
Dourgen hurriedly sent Azig to Datong with a red cannon. The surrender failed, and the Qing army began to attack the city under the cover of artillery.
Datong defenders fought to the death and defeated the Qing army many times. Dourgen saw that he could not attack for a long time. He sent several princes to command the town and constantly mobilized the main force of the Eight Banners, but Datong still stood.
Despite his illness, Dourgen personally made two expeditions to Datong, but he failed to return. The Qing army had to adopt the method of long-term siege.
By June of the sixth year of Shunzhi, Datong had been besieged for more than half a year, and the food in the city had already been eaten up. The history book says: "Soldiers died of hunger, and there were few soldiers left."
General Yang Zhenwei of Datong and others were afraid. 10 In June, they killed Bian Jiang and his brother's head and proposed that the whole city surrender.
After the Qing army entered the city, the massacre vented its anger. Except for the families of the surrendered officers and soldiers such as Yang Zhenwei, the rest "were punished by the officials, soldiers and the people", and the nearby prefectures and counties were slaughtered anyway, which is called "Datong Massacre" in history.
Jiang Qian is good at speculation and capriciousness, but has no integrity and moral integrity. Even the local people imitated the nickname of Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and gave him the nickname of "Company Commander with Three Surnames".
But in any case, Jiang was embedded in Shaanxi, which contained and killed a large number of main forces of the Qing army and strongly supported the battles of the Li Yong court in Nanming in other areas.
In the battle of Datong, the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and the death of officials at all levels alone exceeded 100. On December 13th, the sixth year of Shunzhi, Shanxi Governor Zhu Shichang recorded 33 dead officials.