Chapter 418: The Situation in Sichuan is Settled
It has been two days since the army captured Chengdu, and the situation in Chengdu has gradually stabilized.
Zhang Xianzhong died, Luo Rucai ran away, and only one Li Dingguo who was still in prison was left in Chengdu City that had not been dealt with.
Li Dingguo already knew that the Great West Kingdom was over, and Zhang Xianzhong's final fate was also passed into his ears, in this regard, Li Dingguo did not make any statement, and responded with silence, as if he had already guessed all this, and only waited quietly for his fate, and he didn't care whether he was dead or alive.
The cell door was suddenly opened.
"Li Dingguo, Governor Qin and the two military commanders want to see you!"
Several Ming soldiers pressed Li Dingguo out of the prison and soon arrived at the Ming army station.
"Li Dingguo, it's been a long time!" Qin Liangyu looked at Li Dingguo, who was pressed, and said.
Li Dingguo smiled bitterly, they were opponents a while ago, but today he has become a prisoner!
"Boom!" Ma Yue'e suddenly pulled out a sword and walked towards Li Dingguo.
"Yue, what are you doing!" Qin Liangyu was shocked and shouted angrily.
"Yue, don't be impulsive!" Zhou Cao also felt that he stepped forward and grabbed Ma Yue.
"Grandma! Let me kill this dog thief, if it weren't for him, Lizhou would not have fallen, and my mother and brother would not have died! Ma Yue'e believed that the fall of Lizhou City had something to do with Li Dingguo, so she put part of the account on Li Dingguo's head.
Li Dingguo raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Ma Yue, but he didn't explain. Although the fall of Lizhou City does not have anything to do with him, but now that the Great Western Kingdom has been destroyed, he was once the general of the Great Western Kingdom, and he should not be alive, if he was killed by Ma Yue, he would be considered to be dead.
"Nonsense, stand down!" Qin Liangyu said angrily: "The matter in Lizhou has nothing to do with Li Dingguo, I don't blame him." Li Dingguo was imprisoned by Zhang Xianzhong because of the Red Blood Army incident, otherwise with Li Dingguo's talent, it would not be so easy for us to capture Chengdu and kill Zhang Xianzhong! ”
Qin Liangyu already knew that Lizhou City was captured entirely because of the Qing army, Li Dingguo just sent someone to take it over, and Mrs. Ma's death and Ma Zhiwu's killing in front of the battle really had nothing to do with Li Dingguo. She Qin Liangyu has a clear love and hate, and she will not let go of the enemy, nor will she wronged innocent people.
Moreover, Li Dingguo is different from Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Xianzhong's other subordinates, he is deeply loved by the people of Sichuan, and he was imprisoned by Zhang Xianzhong because of the dissuasion of the Red Blood Army.
Li Dingguo was slightly surprised, he couldn't imagine that Qin Liangyu would speak for him like this.
Ma Yue'e had nothing to say, snorted and retreated unwillingly. In fact, according to her, even if Li Dingguo is not the main reason for the fall of Lizhou City, he is still the number one general under Zhang Xianzhong, so many years, Zhang Xianzhong and Lizhou City have been fighting, and there are no longer a few soldiers who died in the hands of Li Dingguo, and it is natural to kill him.
In the end, Li Dingguo was pressed to the capital and handed over to the imperial court for disposal.
On the day he was escorted in a prisoner car, the people in Chengdu came to watch.
I have to say that Li Dingguo is very popular with the people, and the people also know that Li Dingguo was imprisoned by Zhang Xianzhong for preventing the Red Blood Army, so although Li Dingguo is Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, the people of Chengdu City do not hate him, but many people plead for Li Dingguo.
"General Dingguo is a good person, I hope the court won't blame him!"
"Yes, General Dingguo is indeed a good person, when the child was sick and had no money for treatment, he happened to be known by the General Dingguo, and the General Dingguo sent ten taels of silver without saying a word, if it weren't for this, the child's life would have been gone!"
"General Dingguo was also imprisoned because he desperately stopped the dog thief Zhang Xianzhong, and General Dingguo really thought about the people."
The words of the people's discussion reached Li Dingguo's ears.
Looking at the group of simple people in front of him, and constantly saying good things for him, Li Dingguo had tears in his eyes and felt extremely guilty in his heart.
In fact, although he did a lot of things for the people, but after all, it was only for the sake of Daxiguo, for Zhang Xianzhong, although he went to stop the Red Blood Army incident, but he did not really reach the desperate Chengdu, if he was really desperate to stop it at that time, there was a chance to stop it, but he didn't, he was stunned because of Zhang Xianzhong's scolding and coercion, and finally was taken down without resistance.
Li Dingguo once again doubted whether it was wrong for him to be desperately protecting the Great Western Kingdom all these years, and being willing to smear his liver and brain for Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was not the master, and he would not really consider the people, he knew it from the beginning, but he still assisted Zhang Xianzhong in establishing the Great Western Kingdom.
Since the soldiers of the Great Western Kingdom entered Sichuan, the population of the Great Western Kingdom has changed from 10 million to less than 3 million because of the war and the flight, and how many innocent people have died tragically in the process, which is partly his responsibility.
With infinite confusion and confusion, Li Dingguo left Chengdu in a prisoner car and was escorted to Nanjing.
When Li Dingguo was escorted away, two days later, Qin Liangyu and others began to send troops from Chengdu City to the four directions, dividing troops to recover other parts of Sichuan, and clearing the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong.
It lasted nearly a month, and the army attacked in four directions, successively recovering Deyang, Mianyang and other places, but Hanzhong was not recovered.
On March 17 of the fourth year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, the Fifth Army, under the leadership of Zhang Kuishan, captured Guangyuan, Bazhong, and forced Hanzhong.
On March 18, Luo Rucai, who was entrenched in Hanzhong, abandoned the city and fled north, and the Fifth Army easily occupied Hanzhong.
With the recovery of Hanzhong, Qin Liangyu in the south also recovered Dechang, Zhang Xianzhong's remnants in Shu all collapsed, and Sichuan returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty.
North of Hanzhong, Luo Rucai fled to Baliguan.
To the north of Baliguan was the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
"General, are we going to take refuge with the Tartars?" A general asked.
At this time, Luo Rucai went through all the way to retract, and he had another 20,000 horses under his command, and he had the capital to settle down.
"Yes, Your Majesty is dead, the Great Western Kingdom has been destroyed, the Ming army will definitely go on a northern expedition next, it is impossible for the Manchus not to accept us, and only with the Manchus can we have the strength to resist the Ming army, this is a last resort!" Luo Rucai said.
Luo Rucai knew very well that he had been the commander of the Red Blood Army, and he trampled Qin Liangyu's grandson to death in front of Qin Liangyu, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to spare him, and taking refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was his only choice.
For Luo Rucai's surrender, the Manchus naturally welcomed it, and Zhang Xianzhong's demise made Dolgon also feel endless pressure, and Dolgon had to accumulate all his strength to wait for a second battle with the Ming army in the future!
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