Chapter 629: The Fall of the Ming Dynasty (4)

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Jingliang immediately asked eagerly:

"Zhang Xianzhong retreated from Chongqing, should we continue to pursue? According to the deployment of the second brother, they can't be allowed to do anything wrong in Sichuan. ”

The Lord sat down, Yu Yongkai thought about it and shook his head and said:

"There is no need to pursue, since Zhang Xianzhong has come all the way, he will definitely not stop there, he only has one way now, that is, to go up the Yangtze River to capture Luzhou, and then seek to capture Chengdu."

"Chengdu is fertile for thousands of miles, as long as you can occupy this place, then Zhang Xianzhong will be able to expand the team again, and if you rely on the tactics of crowds, you may not be able to defeat our army."

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it doesn't work once, as long as Zhang Xianzhong is ruthless enough, dragging us to death can be dragged to death."

A group of staff officers from the Ministry of Staff in the tent nodded their heads again and again, and this statement was in line with the results of the Ministry of Staff's deduction.

As soon as he talked about Chengdu, a smile flashed in Zhang Jingliang's eyes, "Hehe, it seems that the matter of Standing Committee Dou is going to be resolved." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent laughed.

Shu Wangfu, the Liu family's biggest enemy in Sichuan.

Because of Dou Yuquan, the Liu family is already in a situation where the Shu Wangfu is endless, and now that the imperial court is still there, the Liu family naturally can't do such a thing as driving troops to attack the city.

But with Zhang Xianzhong, it is different, which is also the main reason why Liu Ximing did not try his best to block the Great Western Army from entering Sichuan.

In the next few months, things turned out to be as expected by Yu Yongkai and others.

At the end of March, the Great Western Army captured Luzhou.

In mid-April, the Great Western Army invaded Xuzhou.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, the mighty Western Army appeared under the city of Chengdu.

This thousand-year-old capital, which has never been renamed since its founding, is about to tremble in front of Zhang Xianzhong's army.

In the palace of the king of Shu, Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, met with Liu Zhibo and his party with a pale face.

"The widow regrets not listening to the straight words!"

As soon as he saw Liu Zhibo, Zhu Zhishu almost cried.

He stepped forward directly in two steps, and helped Liu Zhibo, who was about to kneel and bow, and asked with a bitter face:

"Who would have thought that the thieves were so fast, and none of the soldiers and civilians in Sichuan could stop them, and if the widow had listened to the words of the finger before, he would not have been in panic all day long."

Suddenly, he looked at Liu Zhibo expectantly, "I don't know if this king will not have time to open the treasury now, if the people of the whole city are guarded together, the thieves will not be able to succeed, right?" ”

Liu Zhibo did not give a direct affirmative answer as Zhu Zhishu thought, but was silent for a moment before sighing:

"I don't know, but since the king is willing, it doesn't hurt to give it a try."

The two of them looked at each other, and they both hugged their heads and cried.

Zhu Zhishu hurriedly summoned Shi Yangqiang, the governor of the palace, and ordered him to lead the palace guards to the streets to recruit the people to defend the city, and at the same time offered a high reward to the city.

However, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already come to the city, and the people of Chengdu were not stupid, Yang Qiang and others shouted hard for a long time, but they didn't even recruit a single hair.

Three days later, a loud bang came from the direction of the North Gate Horse Bridge, and the tall Chengdu city wall collapsed directly.

Chengdu City, broken.

Hundreds of thousands of rogues rushed into Chengdu along the gap in the city wall, and for a time the entire city shouted and cried in the sky.

In the direction of the academy street in the city, the sound of breaking the city in the direction of the north city came together, and a longing figure immediately appeared in the courtyard where Liu Ximing had originally coiled down.

There are at least 100 of these people, each with waist knives in their hands, if you just look at the clothes on their bodies that are similar to those under the command of the Great Western Army, I am afraid that they will think that the Great Western Army has rushed into the city in advance.

The young man who led the gang took out a pocket watch from his bosom and looked at it, muttering:

"There is a five-mile road from the Horse Bridge to the Shu Wangfu, according to the speed of the Liukou, half an hour should be about the same, all pay attention and keep silent."

A group of people stood in the courtyard and waited silently, until half an hour later, when a voice came from the north, and the leading young man immediately decided, "Let's go."

A group of people came out of the courtyard, and just turned a street corner, the Liu family and the gang directly collided with a group of soldiers of the Great Western Army.

"Which battalion?"

Seeing what the Liu family was wearing, these soldiers of the Great Western Army relaxed a little, but the leading colonel of the Great Western Army still asked cautiously.

The leading young man from the Liu family's side replied calmly, "The fourth battalion, the general of my family is Wang Shangli, the governor of the Chinese army, what about you?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly eased.

The leader of the Great Western Army on the opposite side smiled, "My name is Wang Ke, I belong to the third battalion, you guys came here fast enough, is the east side also broken?" ”

"Yuan Baosong", the leading young man of the Liu family grinned: "If you don't run faster, everything in the Shu King's Mansion will be robbed by you." ”

"Hahaha, brother, what you said, everyone said that the Shu Wangfu is rich and rivals the country, how much can we rob, go together."

Wang Ke of the Great Western Army looked like a bold northwest man, and immediately pulled Yuan Baosong towards the Shu Palace, two teams of men and horses made a team, and a group of 200 people rushed forward.

In front of the Shu King's Mansion, the Shu King's guards, who were supposed to be guarding here, had already dispersed in a hurry, and Yuan Baosong and others rushed into the Shu King's Mansion without much effort.

"Lao Wang, the Shu Wangfu is so big, let's go and find it separately."

As soon as he entered the gate of the palace, Yuan Baosong proposed to Wang Ke.

Wang Ke naturally wanted to be like this, so the two teams of people and horses each found a direction, rummaging all the way around.

However, unlike Wang Ke and others, the team led by Yuan Baosong did not pick those houses that seemed to have wealth to drill, but went straight to the harem of the Shu Palace.

In the former dormitory, a group of favorite concubines and palace ladies curled up around Zhu Zhishu in horror.

The eunuch Wang Xuan ran in in a panic, and as soon as he entered the door, he cried loudly: "Lord Wang, the thieves have entered the palace, you can quickly come up with an idea." ”

Zhu Zhishu sighed: "It was Liu Zhibo and other officials who harmed the lonely king, and there is a big disaster today." If he hadn't let the lonely king go out to take refuge that day, how could he be today. What else can I think, I'm going to do it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhishu's favorite concubines all cried.

Zhu Zhishu said fiercely: "In peacetime, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and now in the chaos of the world, you should self-discipline and martyrdom to protect the innocence of my Zhu family!"

Among the favorite concubines, Li Lihua has always been known as the "fairy of the Han Palace", but at this moment, she directly wiped her tears and complained:

"In the past, Liu Zhibo repeatedly persuaded the prince to scatter wealth and guard Sichuan, but the prince refused to do so, so he has today!"

"It's not that you are waiting for the beauty to misunderstand me", Zhu Zhishu was furious, and slapped Li Lihua directly to the ground.

Yuan Baosong and the others were fast, and along the way, they killed many panicked palace guards and eunuchs, and went straight to the front dormitory.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he shouted directly: "Capture Zhu Zhishu alive!" ”

In the dormitory, Zhu Zhishu's face turned pale when he heard the sound, and he straightened his crown and trembled: "The Honor of the Lonely Domain King, it is better to die by himself than to be killed alive by the sacrifice thief." ”

After saying that, he didn't care about Li Lihua and other favorite concubines, and turned around and ran towards the social altar of the harem.

However, before he could run out of the palace, Yuan Baosong and the others surrounded him from all around the main hall, and then looked at the few men in royal clothes carried by their team, but they were not Zhu Pingli, the son of the king of Shu, and Zhu Pingjiao, the son of Zhu Pingjiao.

As soon as these people heard that the thieves had entered the palace, they all panicked and came to find Zhu Zhishu, but they were caught by Yuan Baosong.

Zhu Zhishu was already determined to die, but when he saw his sons being grabbed by the hair and dragged to the ground like dogs, he immediately wailed again.

"Lonely is the king of Shu, how can you be humiliated by untouchables such as you, a big rebellion, a great rebellion."

Yuan Baosong kicked Zhu Zhishu to the ground, blurted out a mouthful of thick phlegm and spit on his face.

"God-damned dog thief, how much financial resources have the people of Sichuan spent in vain to support you stupid pigs, and how many families have died because of the destruction of their homes, today is to wait for you to correct the Fa."

Ignoring these people from the Shu King lineage begging for mercy, Yuan Baosong yelled, "Do it!" ”

Dozens of men slashed their knives at the King of Shu and the Prince of Shu in their respective hands.

After a while, Zhu Zhishu and his sons, who were indiscriminately knifed, all died of anger.

Yuan Baosong looked at the eunuchs and palace maids who were still watching and wailing from afar, and gestured to his subordinates, and the group lifted the bodies of Zhu Zhishu and others and threw them into the octagonal well of the Sheji altar on the side.

After doing this, the Liu family disappeared directly into the Shu King's Mansion like ghosts.

Liu Ximing promised Dou Yuquan to avenge his family, and finally got his wish.