[228] Marched into the Great Southwest 2

In order to prevent Hongguang from launching a surprise attack, Song Youliang ordered He Tengjiaofa, the governor of Huguang, to lead 2,000 troops, plus Wu Zhifan, Zhang Guozuo, the former garrison of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and Zhang An, the head of the fourth battalion of the Fuyan General Yama who was transferred from Yandu, to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang and Ganzhou. At the same time, the fate of Kong Zhi took a defensive position on the front line of Henan and Shandong. As long as the four towns of Jiangbei in Hongguang do not move, Fang Kongzhi can stand still

In the spring of 1645, the second year of Hongde, Song Youliang officially marched into Sichuan

The feudal historical books that have always described the actions of the Great Western Army in Sichuan are almost all described as "slaughtering Shu", and Zhang Xianzhong is portrayed as a fierce god who is the enemy of the people of Sichuan, which is not in line with the facts. Zhang Xianzhong's original intention of occupying Sichuan was to "take Bashu as the root", and Xu Tu developed outward. Therefore, in the early days of his entry into Sichuan, he paid considerable attention to winning support from all quarters, and his attacks were limited to some of the gentry who were resolutely enemies of the Onishi regime. The Great Western Army was disciplined in the process of entering Sichuan, and did not kill people casually. Although there is a lack of statistical materials for the number of people who accepted official positions in the Onishi regime, according to the records of Western Jesuits, at the beginning of Zhang Xianzhong's establishment of power in Chengdu, "the number of officials in the court was counted at thousands", and it is certain that most of them were absorbed in Sichuan. Although these people still have varying degrees of suspicion, and some even have ill intentions, as far as the general trend is concerned, in the early days of the occupation of Sichuan by the Great Western Army, the social order in various places was relatively stable, and the landlords and gentry had both the desire to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and were also afraid of the military might of the Great Western regime, and the class conflict was not very acute. Therefore, the measures adopted by the Onishi regime were quite limited, and there were not many killings.

Until the first half of 1645, when the rebellion of the landlord class gradually became serious, the Onishi regime still paid attention to restraining military discipline and made efforts to ensure that "the soldiers and the people kept the peace and order." In March of this year, Liu Jinzhong, the governor of the Xiaocai Battalion of the Great Western Army, also issued a ban and erected a monument to show solemnity. The main contents of the forbidden inscription are as follows:

“…… The government is impartial and obeys the law, the orders are strict, and the soldiers and the people are in peace with each other during the service period, and it is not false. Yang each post shop (the number is missing here) several chapters of the law, if there is a violator, according to the law, specially indicated.

1. It is not allowed to recruit troops without the express text of the government and the ministry and disturb the locality, and the people of the other place are allowed to correct the law before the army is dissolved; If you don't lift it, sit together.

1. It is forbidden to go back and forth to the house and idle servants to shop and hand horses and soldiers without permission, and find out the bundles.

2. It is not allowed to sit in the local military position and accept the people's words without permission, and those who violate it will be punished.

3. It is not allowed to disturb the place under the pretense of the name of the heavenly soldier, and the magistrate in charge shall verify and declare it in order to show it.

Fourth, it is forbidden for scoundrels to be thrown into the camp to make false accusations without permission, to harm good people, and to beat up violators.

5. Civil and military officials who abide by □ are not allowed to marry local women as wives and concubines without authorization, and if they violate the law, they will be prosecuted. ”

The proclamation itself reflected the importance attached to maintaining military discipline and stabilizing social order in the early period of the Onishi Army's entry into Sichuan. Although as soon as Song Youliang's army entered Hanzhong, Liu Jinzhong, the governor of the Xiaocai Battalion of the Great Western Army, led his troops to surrender to Song Youliang and became a traitor to the Great Western Army

All the generals were skeptical of Liu Jinzhong's surrender, but only Song Youliang knew history well and knew that Liu Jinzhong was dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong's overkill and that Liu Jinzhong's subordinates surrendered to Nanming and were forced to surrender.

In the big tent, Song Youliang was wearing the armor given by Emperor Chongzhen that year, and sat on a high place with a Yanling knife in his hand, and the civil and military officials on both sides were lined up on the left and right, and Liu Jinzhong knelt in the center

"Liu Jinzhong~ I heard that you have followed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and now you are also the governor of the cavalry battalion of the Great Western Army, why did you come to surrender?" Gu Junen asked

Liu Jinzhong smiled and asked, "I heard that Your Excellency has also followed Li Zicheng for many years, why did you also descend to the Lord?" The so-called good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose their masters. I have followed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and I know his temper very well, Zhang Xianzhong is not a master, but a brutal and murderous horseman, so I Liu Jinzhong decided to abandon the dark and turn to the light. ”

Gu Junen was bored with himself, and stopped talking stupidly

Luo Yangxing said coldly: "Liu Jinzhong, don't say it so nicely." Our grandfather is very discerning. ”

Liu Jinzhong looked up at Luo Yangxing and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

Luo Yangxing replied proudly: "Jinyiwei commands Luo Yangxing." ”

Liu Jinzhong subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, it turned out to be the pervasive Jinyi Guard, Liu Jinzhong muttered to himself in his heart, no wonder Song Youliang never opened his mouth to ask, it turned out that he knew everything clearly, and he was testing my sincerity. So Liu Jin was loyal and said: "Report to my grandfather, what the last general said is only one of them, and the other is the second, and the last general will not dare to hide it!" ”

Song Youliang said leisurely: "Oh? What else is there? ”

Liu Jinzhong said: "Zhang Xianzhong was dormant in the mountains of Sichuan back then, and he once bought grain, grass and salt from the people of Shu to live. However, the Shu people took the opportunity to sit on the ground and beat Zhang Xianzhong hard, so Zhang Xianzhong hated the Shu people at that time. Now, the people of Shu are against Zhang Xianzhong under the instigation of Wang Yingxiong and others, so Zhang Xianzhong thinks that the people of Shu are not credible, and ordered the pretext to hold a "special department", and ordered all the students of all prefectures and counties to be sent to Chengdu, and found an excuse to kill them all after arriving in Qi. This is the so-called butcher of Daci Temple, and about 5,000 people were killed. When he constantly reported that the local officials of the Onishi regime had been hunted down and killed by anti-him forces, he often became angry with the local people and sent troops to massacre the good and the bad. He even issued an order to "eliminate the city and wipe it out", and sent troops to the prefectures and counties to search for and kill the people. Even Xijing Chengdu also sent troops to suppress it. ”

Liu Jinzhong said helplessly: "Zhang Xianzhong sent the last general to Jinshanpu to suppress the wash, and the last general suggested that he should not be killed, Zhang Xianzhong still lost his mind and still moved with killing intent. Coincidentally, the last general was not strict, and another small school voted for Chongqing Zeng Ying, so Zhang Xianzhong thought that the last general collaborated with the enemy and ordered to be killed. ”

"So you're here to defect to the court?" Song Youliang listened to Liu Jinzhong's narration, which was basically true, and asked: "I also heard that it was not good for you to attack Hanzhong at the beginning, and Zhang Xianzhong also issued a holy decree to you, which is really ancient and unprecedented~"

Referring to the holy decree, Liu Jinzhong couldn't help laughing, "Grandpa Shengming, that Zhang Xianzhong is reckless, Li Chuang's army, which will attack Hanzhong at the end of that year, was defeated, Zhang Xianzhong was furious when he heard the news, and issued a holy decree to reproach the last general, only to see the messenger read loudly: Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: 'Our Laozi told you not to go to Hanzhong, you have to go to Hanzhong, and now you really broke a lot of soldiers and horses. Donkey balls, into your mother's hair! 'Ahmad. The Suining Wen warriors who were kneeling on the ground at that time were dumbfounded and dumbfounded when they heard it. ”

"My mother~"

As soon as Liu Jinzhong's words fell, the generals in the tent also laughed forward and back, and several generals from the army laughed so much that they kept knocking on the table with their fists, or hugged each other

Li Xin also said: "With such a rough skin, he only knows how to kill and plunder, if the heavenly soldiers do not enter Shu as soon as possible, I am afraid that the people of Shu will be killed by him." ”

Liu Jinzhong stood up and said: "The last general has lived in northern Sichuan for a long time, and he is clear about the road to Shu, and he is willing to be the pioneer of his grandfather and open the way in front." ”

"Okay~" Song Youliang said: "I appoint you as the battalion officer, and you still command the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and the number is the battalion with the word 'loyalty'." ”

In February of the second year of Hongde, Song Youliang led 100,000 troops from Hanzhong to the south to attack Sichuan

Zhang Xianzhong's subordinate general Bai Wenxuan guarded the Sword Pavilion, and Bai Wenxuan learned the lesson of Jiang Wei that year, and also set up heavy troops in the Yinping area, thinking that there was such a natural danger, and it was difficult for the Ming army to enter Sichuan. But Liu Jinzhong pointed out a small road to Song Youliang, he pointed to the map and said: "The east of the Jialing River has crossed three mountains, there is a small road called Laisu Trail, the enemy army has set a fence in Jiangxi to garrison, there is a ferry on the opposite bank, the road goes out of Jianmen South Twenty Miles, to Qingjiangdian, and connects with the official road. ”

Song Youliang asked, "How did you know this way?" ”

Liu Jinzhong said with a smile: "Where did the last general bypass the Sword Pavilion and come to defect. ”

So Song Youliang acted according to the plan, successfully bypassed the Sword Pavilion, and attacked Bai Wenxuan from the north and south

At this time, Liu Jinzhong said to Song Youliang again: "Bai Wenxuan is also a general, and the last general is willing to persuade him to surrender for his grandfather." ”

Song Youliang said: "If he is willing to surrender, then the title is the same as yours." ”

So, Liu Jinzhong came to the gate of the Sword Pavilion and shouted, "Brother Bai, is Brother Bai here?" ”

Bai Wenxuan came to the gate, holding a bow and arrow in one hand, and pointed at Liu Jinzhong with the other and said, "Liu Jinzhong, you traitor, do you still have the face to call the gate?" After that, Bai Wenxuan bent his bow and pointed at Liu Jinzhong, "I'll shoot you traitor with one arrow." Before Bai Wenxuan's words fell, he shot an arrow at Liu Jinzhong.

However, the feather arrow fell ten steps in front of Liu Jinzhong

Liu Jinzhong picked up the feather arrow with a smile and said with a smile: "Brother Bai, don't be stubborn, you and I both know that the current Zhang Xianzhong is no longer the former Eight Kings." He became a tyrant altogether, a butcher. Follow him, and you will have no future! Duke An Guo loves the people like a son, and is a corporal who is virtuous, it was my grandfather who sent me to persuade Brother Bai to surrender. ”

"Don't say it again~" Bai Wenxuan raised his bow and arrow again, and this time he pulled the bow for a full moon

"General, don't~" Several colonels pounced and held down Bai Wenxuan, "General, let's surrender, General Liu is right, the eight kings are no longer the eight kings of the past." ”

"Hey!" Bai Wenxuan sighed, "It's okay~ Eight kings, don't blame me for betrayal, it's really that you are less and less like the eight kings who were blessed and shared with hardships!" After Bai Wenxuan sighed, he ordered to open the door and surrender

The day after the news of Bai Wenxuan's surrender reached Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong ordered all residents of Chengdu to be exterminated, except for the families of officials of the Onishi regime. The next day, the soldiers and horses of each battalion were ordered to be seriously and strictly suppressed, and there was no mercy. The detachments of each army guarded the city gate, and the remaining army drove the people to the south gate to be executed. Countless detainees gathered at the Shaba Bridge outside the South Gate.

As soon as they saw Zhang Xianzhong coming, the people knelt on the ground and cried in unison for forgiveness: "Long live the king!" The king is the king of us, we are your people, we have not violated the law of the land, why did we kill innocent people? Why are you afraid of the people? We have no weapons, neither soldiers, nor enemies, but law-abiding and good citizens. Beg the king to save your life, and forgive my innocent people! ”.

Zhang Xianzhong not only did not feel pity when he heard this, but scolded the people for fornicating with the enemy. Then he jumped into the midst of the people, let the horses jump wildly, and shouted loudly: "You are ungrateful, you should be killed!" The sergeant ordered the sergeant to move quickly. The innocent people were slaughtered. The splendid city of Rongcheng suddenly became a wilderness, uninhabited, and a desolate and miserable scene. After Zhang Xianzhong washed Chengdu, he immediately issued an order to inform the people of all villages, towns and villages that they could move to Chengdu as residents of Kyoto. Zhang Xianzhong's excesses finally made himself more and more isolated, the gentry and landlords in the areas controlled by the Daxi regime rebelled one after another, and the Sichuan people in many places reluctantly obeyed the orders when the Daxi army was oppressed. So much so that hundreds of miles away from Chengdu, the hoes and white spurs are all embarrassed by the thieves