Chapter 122: Cornered
Xu Zhen is the nameless soldier who stabbed Zhang Xianzhong to death with one shot, in fact, everyone does not know whether Zhang Xianzhong is still alive after he stabbed him with one shot, and who really gave Zhang Xianzhong a fatal blow.
But no matter what, he was the number one hero who killed Zhang Xianzhong with one shot, so he changed from a spearman who didn't even have armor to a team officer who commanded 100 people on the battlefield, and there was no need to ask Liu Yongxi, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Hao Shaoqi and others directly fulfilled all the promises given by Liu Yongxi.
But everyone is still a little unsatisfied, and they all feel that Liu Yongxi will definitely make a special trip to meet Xu Zhen, the number one hero, and killing Zhang Xianzhong is the number one miracle made by the old department of the Dashun Army after it was attached to the Chengtian Dynasty, so Hao Shaoqi now deliberately explains that he wants to ensure that Xu Zhen is foolproof and there can be no accidents.
Yuan Zongdi felt that Hao Shaoqi was reasonable: "Although Zhang Xianzhong is dead, the banner of Daxi is still there, we must take advantage of his illness to kill him, let the brothers hurry up, and whoever dares to relax at this time will be subject to military law!" ”
As the so-called people who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, although the Great Western Army has been forced to a dead end, but in the past, the Xiying and Chuang Battalion have encountered such a life-and-death juncture countless times, but in the end, they have rebuilt the team to recover after breaking through without danger.
However, these generals of the Great Shun Army have just surrendered to the Chengtian Empire, and they are all thinking about making meritorious contributions, so naturally they will not let the Great Western Army have any vitality.
And now the three armies of the Loyal Battalion, Zhongxin Town, and Zhongxin Town are all near Yiling, and the morale is at its highest.
Xing Shengping said without hesitation: "Anyway, in the future, there will be no difference between the Western Camp and the Breaking Camp, and there will be no Great Western Kingdom and Great Western Dynasty." ”
The loyal battalion is eager to try, while the Great Western Army is in infinite grief and chaos.
Although the casualties of the Great Western Army in this battle were only three or four hundred at most, it triggered a series of chain reactions, and now the Great Western Army can be said to be disheartened, and the upper and lower levels do not know what to do next.
Although the Great Western Army still has more than 100,000 troops, whether in terms of strength or combat power, it is still better than the remnants of the Great Shun Army in front of it, but in the past ten years, the Western Camp has been pulled up by Zhang Xianzhong alone, without Zhang Xianzhong, there would be no today's Great Western Army and Great Western Kingdom, but no one expected that the Great Western Emperor would suddenly die in battle, and he did not even leave a last word.
In the past, when Zhang Xianzhong was alive, many things could be suppressed, but now the situation is completely uncontrollable as soon as Zhang Xianzhong dies, and there are three or four thousand people in the Great Western Army who surrendered to the Vietnamese Ming Army within two days, and most of them took the initiative to surrender and even ran over with the team to surrender to the Vietnamese Ming Army.
Moreover, in the past, those who surrendered were all Sichuan recruits who were dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong's rule of Shu, but now Huguang veterans, Henan veterans and even the backbone of the Great Western Army from Shanxi and Shaanxi have surrendered in the past.
If the opposite side is the real main force of the Yue Ming Army, these backbones of the Great Western Army from northern Shaanxi will definitely not dare to be so bold, but who is called Tian Jianxiu, Xing Shengping, Yuan Zongdi, Hao Shaoqi These people are all fellow villagers in northern Shaanxi, and Xiying and Chuang Ying have often interacted, and many people are even old friends when they were young, and now they just made the right choice.
It's just that the more soldiers who come over and take the initiative to surrender, the more the Great Western Army can't control the situation, after all, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Nengqi, and Zhang Wenxiu are also from northern Shaanxi, and they are both fellow countrymen and old friends with the loyal battalion.
And the more important issue is that although the top brass of the Great Western Army left by Zhang Xianzhong decided to continue to fight the banner of the Great Western Dynasty, there was a dispute over who would fight the banner of the Great Western Dynasty.
According to the ideas of Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, the son inherits his father's business, and naturally the four of them will play the banner of the Great Western Dynasty, but many high-level officials of the Great Western Army oppose their opinions, thinking that they are only Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons and are not qualified to inherit the family business left by Zhang Xianzhong.
After all, Zhang Xianzhong left behind countless family businesses, including 120,000 soldiers and horses alone, countless gold, silver and jewelry, and most of Sichuan Province, which is really exciting.
And Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons are only in their twenties now, and their qualifications are a little worse, and their rise is completely due to Zhang Xianzhong's use of righteous sons to deal with the veterans of Xiying, so they feel that they should be able to temporarily invite Zhang Xianzhong's Empress Chen to take charge of the government, and Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling is in charge of the auxiliary government.
They even cited Empress Yingtian and Empress Chengtian of the Yue Ming Dynasty as typical examples, and Empress Chen and Wang Zhaoling were also very enthusiastic about this matter, so a two-line struggle was formed in Zhang Xianzhong's army at once.
Zhang Kewang felt that Empress Chen and Wang Zhaoling were too uninteresting: "My father's country was fought down by a few of our brothers, and now that my father is gone, his inheritance should be inherited by our brothers, why let a woman override our brothers, she is not the original match of my father!" ”
Zhang Xianzhong entered the city as a bun, and as soon as he became the emperor, he set up four queens, and now Wang Zhaoling is the youngest Empress Chen.
Empress Chen is a beauty snatched by Zhang Xianzhong after entering Shu, it is said that she is also the daughter of a certain university scholar, born in a scholarly family, and she is beautiful and fragrant, so Zhang Xianzhong decided to make her emperor as soon as she met, and even let her rank above the Ding, Liu, and Bai clans who have suffered for many years
But since it was just a snatched woman, Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo had never looked at Queen Chen with a straight eye, and no one expected that as soon as Zhang Xianzhong died, many old people in the Great Western Army would stand up to support Queen Chen's administration, and even couldn't wait to give Queen Chen the title of Queen Mother.
Zhang Dingguo also felt that this matter was the conspiracy of Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling: "The reason why our Xiying can't gain a foothold in Shuzhong, and why my father is forced to go east, is the prime minister's fault!" As a result, Prime Minister Wang not only did not admit his mistake, but he wanted to take charge of the dynasty anyway! ”
Although the old man of Xiying, who stood on the opposite side of the four righteous sons, said that he supported Empress Chen to supervise the country, and the Ming Kingdom already had the story of Empress Chengtian, but it was Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling who really planned this matter behind the scenes, so Zhang Dingguo hated Wang Zhaoling to the core.
And although Zhang Dingguo's statement is a bit extreme, the Great Western Army can't gain a foothold in Sichuan, and there is even a series of big dramas of soldiers and people, not only because Zhang Xianzhong did not complete the transformation from a thief leader to a feudal emperor, but also because Wang Zhaoling, the prime minister, is too unqualified.
The reason why Zhang Xianzhong chose Wang Zhaoling as the prime minister is not because of how many skills Wang Zhaoling has, but because he knows how to serve Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings, well, and can make Zhang Xianzhong fascinated in just a few words, so after the founding of the Great Western Kingdom, the government has always been a mess, and the internal cleaning is wave after wave.
If it weren't for Zhang Xianzhong's death, the army was uncertain and the people's hearts were not attached, I am afraid that a big drama of Li Zichenghuo and Cao Cao Luo Rucai would be staged now, only Zhang Wenxiu persuaded: "Although Wang Xiangye is not suitable for taking charge of the government, but now he can't kill each other and hurt the harmony, I really want to force him to be anxious, what should he do if he becomes a thief in Jingzhou?" ”
Li Dingguo couldn't help but say indignantly: "Don't mention any Jingzhou thieves!" Now we are thieves, they all say that we are thieves in the west, and on the opposite side is the righteous teacher led by Emperor Chengtian and Empress Fengtian, I estimate that Wang Xiang and Empress Chen can't wait to go to Wang Shi now! ”
Zhang Kewang couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and he said in a neutral tone as much as possible: "It's better not to use the Jingzhou thief's statement, everyone is a fellow villager in northern Shaanxi, so there is no need to hurt the harmony, and Tian Jianxiu has already sent a letter just now!" ”
As soon as he heard Tian Jianxiu's name, Zhang Dingguo also frowned, although it was said that Tian Jianxiu also participated in the ambush of Zhang Xianzhong, but whether it was in the camp or Xiying, Tian Jianxiu, who was known for his generosity, had a very high reputation, so he hesitated for a while before saying: "Not only did I receive a letter from Tian Jianxiu, but Liu Tichun also wrote to me!" ”
Zhang Wenxiu replied: "It was Tian Jianxiu and Gao Yigong who wrote to me, but they are all here to surrender!" ”
And Zhang Nengqi immediately added: "I also have some letters here!" ”
Hearing this Zhang Kewang, he knew that the situation was getting worse and worse, the four of them were Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons, and they would not be easily shaken in the key, but the other generals were completely different, as long as the loyal battalion and the Yue Ming army were pressing forward step by step, these soldiers would definitely give up resistance in a desperate situation, after all, everyone was a team from Shaanxi, and there was always a period of incense.
Just when Zhang Kewang was hesitating, someone outside said: "Four generals, Wang Xiangye is here!" ”
Wang Zhaoling is here?
The relationship between the two sides is already like fire and water, Zhang Kewang didn't expect Wang Zhaoling to take the initiative to visit at this time: "Let him come over!" ”
Different from everyone's imagination, Wang Zhaoling, the number two person in the Great Western Kingdom, is only twenty-four or five years old now, the same age as Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, and looks more like a rich son than the prime minister of a country, but now Wang Zhaoling's face is pale and frightened: "Generals, something is wrong!" ”
Zhang Kewang glanced at Wang Zhaoling and found that he was indeed panicked: "Master Wang, what's wrong?" ”
He even had a feeling of schadenfreude, after all, Wang Zhaoling relied on his most trusted Zhang Xianzhong to kill in Shuzhong, and even many old people in Xiying who were working with him died in the purge, and even the four of them were often worried, for fear of being affected by Wang Zhaoling's purge.
And seeing that Wang Zhaoling was so frightened now, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo and others naturally felt a burst of joy in their hearts, Zhang Dingguo even wanted to go up and solve Wang Zhaoling with a knife now, but Wang Zhaoling's next sentence made their hearts cold: "Four generals, the big thing is not good, Wanzhou is lost!" ”