[229] Zhang Xianzhong was killed

After leaving Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong led an army of 200,000 troops directly in the direction of Shunqing Mansion. His purpose is very clear, northern Sichuan will definitely not be able to hold it, and now he can only seize the opportunity to seize Song Youliang's East Route Army and be dragged by the Huang Thirteen Family, and seize Chongqing first. The thirteen families of Shaking Huang have Yao Tiandong and Huanglong Chuchuang, and they gather to loot. Later, there was Yuan Tao, a native of Weiyang, who fled to the horse thief Ma Chao, Hu Jiusi, etc., because of the adulterous aunt incident, and followed Yao Huang and plundered and killed every day. and dedication, so take advantage of the situation according to Pengzhou, Yilong, and various places in the south. Kill the old and the young, captivate the strong, dig up graves, and life and death are not spared. After Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, the remnants of Shaohuang joined the mainstream hooligans in Yuan Tao, Wu Dading and other places, and they have become "local tyrants", who have no goal of struggle and focus on harming the people. Although in August of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, he led 50,000 troops to surrender to Zhang Xianzhong, but they still lived in place, and Zhang Xianzhong could not ask.

On February 21, 1645, Zhang Xianzhong led the army to march to the Diaoyu Mountain on the bank of the Jialing River near Hezhou, Chongqing Prefecture, where Zhang Xianzhong set up camp, and could see Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu's rear camp from afar. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, two generals, have been besieging Chongqing since November last year, but Zeng Ying, the general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, is not a general, and has been helping to attack for several months without progress. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu heard that their father-in-law had come to Hezhou to supervise the war, so they urged the army to attack urgently. For a time, inside and outside the city of Chongqing, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and it could be heard several miles away

Zhang Xianzhong heard that Chongqing had not yet been captured, and the boss was unhappy, so he asked the people around him: "Who is this Zeng Ying?" ”

But it is said that heroes are born in troubled times, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan from Chu, and Sichuan was in turmoil, which provoked a young talent. Zeng Yingnai is a native of Putian, Fujian, and his name is Yanhou. He came to Chengdu with his father, and after his father died of illness, he stayed in Sichuan, and people called him Zeng Gongzi. Zeng Gongzi is elegant and versatile, has traveled all over the country, and has a good relationship with Rugao, and the two of them made an appointment to go to the country together. Zeng Gongzi is also a martyr and ambitious, but he has no chance to display his ambitions. Governing the world with literature, and using force in troubled times. Zeng Gongzi saw that the world was in chaos and the officials were mediocre, so he focused on learning military affairs and making friends with heroes in Shuzhong. Because he is righteous and squandering money, he is chivalrous, so he returns to him.

In the spring of the year of Jiashen, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops into Sichuan. The Shu road is rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zeng Ying took the initiative to ask for battle, willing to lead thousands of troops to block the thieves and find an opportunity to break the enemy. Governor Chen Shiqi saw that he was just a twenty-three or four-year-old white-faced scholar, and he looked down on him very much. There are many generals in Shuzhong, where is Chen Shiqi willing to use this son? The soldiers and horses of the whole Shu were handed over to the command of the general Zhao Guangyuan, but they were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and Zhao Guangyuan led the remnants to flee to Hanzhong. Shuzhong has not been in war for three hundred years, the people do not know the soldiers, and the style of luxury has lasted for hundreds of years, where can you be a tiger and wolf from northern Shaanxi? Zhang Xianzhong's army was on a rampage, and everywhere he went, he should be attacked. The Sichuan bandits took advantage of the situation, and Chen Shiqi was anxious and at a loss.

In desperation, Chen Shiqi agreed that Zeng Ying would be appointed as a garrison and lead 500 villagers to resist, and he was also a dead horse doctor with the right to live horses. Zeng Ying spent all his family wealth in the army, treated these soldiers with good wine and meat every day, trained for more than ten days, and had the appearance of an army. The morale of the army was strong, so Zeng Ying led his troops to go out and set up an ambush in the Qutang Gorge valley. Zhang Xianzhong's army was invincible, and the Ming army walked away, never thinking that it would suffer a big loss in Qutang Gorge. Tens of thousands of thieves flocked here, and Zeng Ying led his troops to occupy the danger. The thieves under the mountain scolded day and night to challenge, Zeng Ying was not fooled, he just couldn't stick to it. Zeng Ying sent people to spread the banners all over the valley, and it seemed that there were thousands of troops and horses, often beating drums in the middle of the night like attacking the camp of thieves, causing their internal strife to kill each other. Zeng Ying's hundreds of villagers held out for more than four months, but when the reinforcements arrived, the food had already been eaten up, so he had to take the initiative to retreat to Chungju. In the summer and April, the thieves and sailors killed Zhongzhou, Zeng Ying led the sailors to fight, burned 100 enemy ships, killed 1,000 enemies, and shook Shuzhong. Zeng Gongzi's name is known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

However, Wang Yingxiong, who was the secretary of the Southern Ming Military Department and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the governor of Sichuan, Lake, Yun, and Gui military affairs, and specialized in Sichuan Kou, did not trust Zeng Ying very much, and instead reused a military attache named Wang Xiang. Later, Zeng Ying recovered Chongqing, and his prestige was far and wide, and the hearts of the people were attached, with 1,000 warships and 50,000 Ding Zhuang. simply bypassed Wang Yingxiong and directly asked for the title from the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the title of Ping Koubo, so Zeng Ying ignored Wang Yingxiong. Zeng Ying's strength is getting stronger and stronger. Zeng Ying divided his troops to guard Tushan and set up a salt tax in Suining for military salaries. Zeng Ying collected the grain tax on his own, and the officials were powerless to restrain it. Zeng Ying's territory was all won by himself, and the main one who dared to confront the Great Western Army head-on was the army led by Zeng Ying.

"Fucking immortal banban~" Zhang Xianzhong scolded: "When was Lao Tzu in Qutang Gorge, is it his way?" Zhang Xianzhong was still angry after scolding, he shouted: "Come on, light up the soldiers and horses, Lao Tzu will personally meet that Zeng Ying." So Zhang Xianzhong sent 30,000 troops to attack Chongqing, the land route to Fotu Pass, and the water route to Hejiang, with Duogong City as the old camp and the place where the army's grain and grass were transferred. Zeng Ying sent Zhang Tianxiang to defend the enemy army on land, and Yu Dahai intercepted the enemy's sailors, telling them not to engage lightly. Zeng Ying personally led 500 elite cavalry, with the fierce general Li Zhanchun as the vanguard, and suddenly attacked Duogong City from the mountain road. Under the banner of the Great Western Army, the Zeng army entered from behind enemy lines, and there were military flags all over the mountains, it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it was impossible to say how many Zeng troops there were? The Great Western Army was attacked by the enemy before and after, and the army's morale was in turmoil, and the land and water were defeated and retreated, leaving tens of thousands of corpses in Tingxi.

Zhang Xianzhong was so angry that he vomited blood, and in desperation, he could only continue to travel north with five or six hundred thousand people. The road to Shu is difficult, and the soldiers of each battalion are ordered to carry two buckets of grain per person for the food discarded in each mountain village, and those with mules and horses pay three more buckets, and the army is paid according to the number when camping, and one liter less is a capital crime. On March 16, Zhang Xianzhong still came to the vicinity of Phoenix Mountain, when a thick fog rose in the mountain, and there was no one on the other side, only movement could be heard. Sentinels shouted to the rear battalion; There was the sound of armor, and the neighing of horses. Zhang Xianzhong reprimanded him for disturbing the morale of the army and beheaded several sentries, so no one in Zhang Xianzhong's army dared to speak out. The men and horses of the front team vaguely saw the arrival of large soldiers, but they did not dare to make a noise, for fear that they would lose their heads.

The army in the fog on the opposite side also seemed to have discovered the Great Western Army, but it did not make a noise, and the two armies camped across the Sun Creek. It wasn't until noon that the fog gradually lifted. The soldiers of the Great Western Army found that the Ming army was actually on the other side of the creek. So he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong shouted: "Fart, I am invincible in the world, who dares to come here to die?" Didn't the Ming army go to Chengdu? After that, Zhang Xianzhong rode out alone, and the Imperial Forest Army couldn't follow.

When he arrived at Sun Creek, Zhang Xianzhong only saw the banner of the Ming army in his eyes, so he believed that the pawn did not lie. At this moment, Zhang Xianzhong saw a familiar figure swaying in front of him. The man shouted: "The one who wears a dragon robe and rides a white horse is Zhang Xianzhong." ”

"Not good! It's Liu Jinzhong, a traitor! Zhang Xianzhong saw that the musketeers of the Ming army had already picked up their muskets, and quickly turned their horses and left.

呯呯呯~~

The snipers of the Ming army were quick and fired three shots at Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was seriously injured in the back, fell off his horse, and hid in the grass beside the road. The Ming soldiers hurriedly swarmed across the stream to find Zhang Xianzhong. I saw a foot exposed under the haystack, and with a knife, a beast-like howl sounded, "Liu Jinzhong, you thief, I want to draw your tendons and skin you~~" Zhang Xianzhong roared

Liu Jinzhong stepped forward and saw that the soldiers had dragged Zhang Xianzhong out, Zhang Xianzhong's face at this moment was like a yellow tiger, his eyes were blood-red, he opened his bloody mouth, and howled. The dragon robe on his body was torn to shreds, and he was covered in yellow hair, like a wounded beast, and he wanted to bite someone. Liu Jinzhong said to Zhou Guoqing, who arrived later: "General Zhou, this is Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king!" ”

Zhou Guoqing smiled slightly: "This person is the famous Zhang Xianzhong, I don't think there must be many vicious battles?" It turned out that as soon as I entered the Sichuan thief, I sent it to the door by myself, and God helped me. After that, he took out his waist knife and stabbed it on Zhang Xianzhong's neck

When Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldiers saw that Zhang Xianzhong was killed, they immediately made a mess and shouted: "Your Majesty is dead~~Your Majesty is dead~" and then desperately ran towards the camp of the Great Western Army under Phoenix Mountain

Zhou Guoqing laughed and said: "Order the three armies ~ rush me!" ”

Liu Jinzhong said: "General, we have been marching for days, and the soldiers are very tired, why don't you take a rest and fight again tomorrow?" ”

Zhou Guoqing said disapprenously: "I expect that the enemy army will be in chaos now, and the dragons will be leaderless. ”

Liu Jinzhong thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then push Zhang Xianzhong's head and body to the front of the battle, so that the enemy army can come and snatch it, making them more and more chaotic." ”

"Brilliant plan!" Zhou Guoqing replied with a smile: "It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong doesn't reuse you!" ”

Let's say that Wang Zhaoling, Ai Nengqi, Sun Kewang and other civil and military officials are looking forward to the emperor's victory and return to the camp, and suddenly see the dust flying, and the Ming army falls into the sky and suddenly kills, and suddenly it is a mess, I don't know what happened to the emperor? After a while, I saw someone in the Ming army carrying a human head with a big flag, and after a closer look, it was not Zhang Xianzhong, who was it? The morale of the Great Western Army suddenly collapsed, and they fled in all directions. Only Wang Zhaoling and Wang Yinglong escaped from the east camp, and Sun Kewang protected the Ding, Bai, Chen, and Liu queens in the west camp, and the rest died under the guns and knives. There are many women, women, riches, mules and horses that are left behind. Secretary Zhou was overjoyed, considering that the soldiers were indeed exhausted, so he no longer pursued and killed.