Chapter 58: Spirited - Enlightened Zhang Xianzhong?
In addition to Yang Xuan, Yang Zhan, a Sichuan general who was captured outside the south gate of Chengdu, also escaped. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After the Liukou captured the city of Chengdu, the general Yang Zhan was defeated and captured by the Liukou, and now his hands are tied together and he is escorted from the moat.
As the sun sets, the rolling flood runs along the Minjiang Neijiang River, and the Chengdu moat rolls and stays, looking at the one-person deep moat, Yang Zhan looks quite helpless in his heart.
And at this moment, a small leader next to him saw the armor made of pure gold on Yang Zhan's body, and said with envy: "Big man, the armor on your body is so good, or you take off the armor and give it to Lao Tzu." ”
Yang Zhan was stunned at first, he was really bullied by dogs in Pingyang, and his dignified martial arts tanhua was ridiculed by a rogue leader today, is it unbearable?
Just when he was about to attack, Yang Zhan had a plan, tilted his head and said: "Brother Bing, there is no problem with this, now I am already your prisoner, don't say this armor, even my whole person is your big brother."
Or if you untie the rope from my hand, I'll take it off to you? ”
The little leader was not just a plan, he happily stepped forward to untie the rope on Yang Zhan's hand, and watched Yang Zhan take off his armor and keep drawing the mold in his hand, this outfit is really good.
Yang Zhan observed carefully beside him, taking advantage of the other party's unpreparedness, he suddenly bullied the other party and knocked the other party down with a punch, grabbed the treasure knife in the opponent's hand, and then rushed to the moat before everyone could react, and jumped into the moat with a sharp breath.
The surrounding rogues shot arrows to the falling water, but Yang Zhan was not only a martial artist, but also had excellent water quality (later defeated Zhang Xianzhong at the mouth of the Sanjiang River), swam more than ten meters at once, and then escaped from the clutches of the rogues at night.
Before the flood came, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, seemed to be complacent, sitting on the throne of the prince of the Shu Palace, accepting the congratulations of his subordinates and military generals, and his heart seemed quite proud.
He was clever and had no last resort, conquering Chongqing and Chengdu in a few months, and now it seems that he controls Sichuan as the foundation of his Zhangjia dynasty.
Zhang Xianzhong originally occupied most of Huguang Province (today's Hunan and Hubei, not two lakes plus two Guangzhou, or something), but Li Zicheng, the leader of another peasant army, established capitals in Xiangyang and Xi'an and forced Zhang Xianzhong to submit.
The two are constantly filthy, both of them think that the other is their great enemy in the fight for the world, and each once wanted to take each other's lives when the other was at the end of their ropes.
The two are insidious and cunning, if the other party becomes the emperor, the first one will probably not be able to spare the other party.
Now Li Zicheng is powerful, Zhang Xianzhong is difficult to defeat the enemy, thinking twice, Zhang Xianzhong decided to give up Huguang Province, which has controlled most of the province, and lead his troops into Sichuan, so that the troops can go out of Sichuan to capture the whole country, and retreat can also be like Liu Bei to favor Xishu.
This advance can be said to be bitter first and then sweet, first in Wanxian County was blocked by the official army for three months, after a bitter battle defeated the general Zeng Ying, the general Zhao Ronggui, approaching Chongqing.
Since then, it can be described as a dream, the Causeway Gorge attacked Jiangjin, captured Chongqing, and now captured Chengdu, all the way to the ground, beyond their imagination.
Now that he has won Chengdu, thousands of miles of fertile land, and the capital of the emperor, Zhang Xianzhong sees that the old Zhang Dynasty, which is enough to compete with Li Zicheng, is rising.
Looking at the corpses of Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, and Zhu Zhilu, the king of Neijiang, Zhang Xianzhong felt quite regretful in his heart, if the king of Shu was caught by himself like the king of Xiang and the king of Chu, then his feat would inevitably be spread in the society.
On the same day, the sneak attack on Xiangyang was successful, and in the face of Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, who was begging for mercy, Zhang Xianzhong poured a glass of wine to the king of Xiang, and said: "I want to borrow the king's head to make Yang Sichang fall into the vassal, and Wang Qi will try his best to make this wine." ”
How chic this is, when he said this, Zhang Xianzhong felt that all heroes and heroes throughout the ages were far inferior to himself.
Facing Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu who was willing to sacrifice the jewels hidden in the palace of the king of Chu, Zhang Xianzhong looked quite disdainful, now your king of Chu has become a prisoner of my eight kings, you are up and down the palace of Chu, of course, the jewelry of your palace of Chu is also my Zhang Xianzhong's, Zhang Xianzhong asked the king of Chu to be tied up and thrown into the river.
But now Zhang Xianzhong feels a little regretful, the dead body of the King of Shu, if he humiliates again, it will hurt the prestige of his eight kings.
After letting the princess of Shu be buried simply, Liu Zhibo, the Sichuan patrol envoy, was pushed up.
Liu Zhibo is a native of Shaanxi, and Zhang Xianzhong originally wanted to use the local sentiment to attract the other party.
There are fifteen on the first day of the new year, and so Ming officials defect to him one after another, so that his old Zhang Dynasty will come to fruition.
But who would have thought that this Liu Zhibo didn't know how to lift, but publicly humiliated himself.
Zhang Xianzhong has been happy to enmity for decades, He has been so insulted, and after a few shots, several guards rushed up to send him away. (Another way of saying killing).
Looking at Wu Jishan, the Chengdu Ling who had just been attached to him, Zhang Xianzhong sighed: "These officials of the former Ming Dynasty are really pedantic, there has been no immortal dynasty since ancient times, and now Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the Ming Dynasty is also dead, why don't these officials belong to the orphans?" ”
Wu Jishan took a secret breath and replied in a low voice: "The Eight Kings, since ancient times, those who have known the times have been Junjie, how can these officials understand the general trend of the world all day long?" ”
Zhang Xianzhong's yellow face became rosy, and he smiled and was about to say something, when a leader next to him ran in a panic, shouting as he ran: "Eight kings, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, the flood in the north of the city is surging, and now it is flowing to Chengdu City." ”
Zhang Xianzhong also rushed to the north city wall, and saw that the flood water about a foot deep was rushing from a distance, startling the surrounding birds and beasts, and people were crazy to run up the hillside.
Chengdu Plain is thousands of miles of fertile soil, looking at the flood and thinking about the flow around, Zhang Xianzhong was quite annoyed, pointed to the flood rushing from afar, and pressed the handle of the knife with one hand to ask Wu Jishan, Gong Wanjing and other newly descended officials: "This, what's going on?"
Thousands of miles of fertile soil in the Chengdu Plain, the capital of the emperor, how did it suffer from the flood, let's talk about it, what is going on? ”
Chief strategist Wang Zhaolin touched the beard on his chin, pondered for a moment and said, "The king, if the expectation is good, it must be the official army who is causing trouble.
This Chengdu Plain has been flooded for many years in the past, and later Li Bing and his son repaired Dujiangyan and subdued the river, so that the Chengdu Plain has become a thousand miles of fertile land, and Sichuan has become the land of abundance.
Our army is strong, the officers and soldiers are outnumbered, and they have been defeated in successive battles, and perhaps the officers and troops want to lose both, so the water from Dujiangyan will pour into the Chengdu Plain, forcing us to retreat. ”
Zhang Xianzhong looked up to the sky and smiled, or if he tried too hard, tears flowed out, and he looked at the panicked people: "All things are born and everyone is nothing, and the heavens, ghosts and gods are clear, and they think about themselves."
Lao Tzu originally wanted to entertain that Long Wenguang well, but now he has done this kind of angry and resentful thing, come and drag this Long Wenguang here, Lao Tzu will send him away. ”
Sichuan Governor Long Wenguang was pushed over by a few rogues, Zhang Xianzhong laughed, pointed to the flood that poured to the city wall, and said: "You sour Confucianism is really hateful, the Ming Dynasty is dead, you don't know the current affairs and want to dig Dujiangyan to flood Laozi."
Unexpectedly, God is on Lao Tzu's side, before the flood came, my 200,000 troops had captured Chengdu City, and my main force has now entered Chengdu City.
Look at it, although the flood outside is very big, it can't flood Lao Tzu at all, cocoon and self-restraint, Long Wenguang Lao'er, tell me, how do you want Lao Tzu to send you? ”
Zhang Xianzhong is a particularly conceited person, and he often likes to show himself when he encounters problems, and when he sees Zhang Xianzhong say so chic, everyone around him laughs.
Long Wenguang stood at the head of the city and saw that the main force of the Liukou had now driven into the city, and because of the moat, the river water would not irrigate the city at all.
Although there were some rogues within a radius of more than ten miles outside the city, when they saw the flood rushing in, everyone fled to the high ground.
Although he ordered Pixian County to order Zhao Jiawei to pull out Dujiangyan, it backfired.
Although the river is only more than one or two feet deep, due to the very large slope, the impact is very fast, some people and animals are washed away by the river, and the scene is not bleak.
Thinking of the final failure, Long Wenguang was very tragic, regardless of the tightly tied on his body, he was determined to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, and was finally hacked to death on the top of the North City Tower.
Also killed at the same time were Zhang Jimeng, deputy envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, Chen Qichi of Shouxi Dao, Liu Shidou, commander of the Jianchang Army, and Fang Yaoxiang, the governor of the prison and discipline.
Looking at the flood flowing by, Zhang Xianzhong looked quite frustrated, shook his head and said: "It's really unlucky, there has always been a saying that Qin Fushu is strong, this time Lao Tzu entered Sichuan, originally thought that the Chengdu Plain was fertile for thousands of miles, and Sichuan was the country of abundance and the capital of the emperor."
Unexpectedly, Long Lao'er pulled out Dujiangyan, and now what he has in hand is actually tattered Sichuan, let's talk about it, what to do for today's plan? ”
Yan Ximing, the former Ming Jinshi, shook his head and dissuaded: "King, don't be disheartened because of this, Long Wenguang and others pull out Dujiangyan, that is because they have lost the hearts of the people."
The former Ming Dynasty lost the hearts of the people, and the king just gathered the hearts of the people everywhere, so that the Sichuan people were convinced to work for the king. ”
Zhang Xianzhong was interested when he heard this, got up from his seat, looked at Yan Ximing and said, "Then tell me, how does Lao Tzu win the hearts of the people?" ”
Yan Ximing thought for a while and said, "King, you have been dominating the world for more than 20 years, and you are not short of money. However, due to the slander of the government, the king is the most popular with the people.
King, you can send messengers to all parts of the country to tell everyone that Long Wenguang is mad and pulls out Dujiangyan, and the flood pours into the Chengdu Plain, so that the squires everywhere will definitely hate the former Ming and the former Ming officials.
Lord Wang, the Chengdu Plain is now flooded, and the king might as well announce that he will be exempted from the levy of three salaries, so that the people will definitely support the prince. ”
Zhang Xianzhong laughed when he heard this, walked up to Yan Ximing and patted his shoulder heavily, and said with a smile: "You are not as pedantic as those officials, you have real materials, very good."
I think when my old Zhang retreated from Wuchang, as long as he came to send him, no matter adults or children, each person gave a piece of silver, and now Zuo Liangyu occupies Wuchang, but the people of Wuchang still think of my old Zhang's good. ”
Zhang Xianzhong was originally an open-minded person, and he had just occupied Chengdu, but now he was quite happy to hear Yan Ximing's words, and sent Xizuo to various places to publicize that Long Wenguang had pulled out Dujiangyan and the river was poured into the Chengdu Plain.
Messengers were sent to various places to announce the abolition of the three salaries.
Zhang Kewang, the general of Zhengdong, Zhang Dingguo, the general of Anxi, Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan, and Zhang Nengqi, the general of Dingbei, were sent to lead their troops to attack the Quartet.
This top priority, of course, is Guan County, the base camp of the Shu king's clan.
Since the king of Shu was feudal in Sichuan, after more than ten generations, it has developed into a big family with tens of thousands of royal families, these people are not engaged in production, not business and commerce, and eat the imperial grain all day long.
After several generations of development, those distant relatives of the king of Shu ran to Guan County, so more than 100 years, in addition to some close relatives of the royal family, many distant relatives lived in Guan County (that is, today's Dujiangyan), Guan County has also become the base camp of the Shu king's relatives.
After one night of flooding, the next morning the flood water had weakened a lot, and many of the higher ground areas had no effect, even those on lower ground the flood water began to weaken. (Some books write that Long Wenguang, the governor of Sichuan, saw that the moat of Chengdu City was not deep and ordered Zhao Jiawei to dig up Dujiangyan to benefit from water).
Despite this, after the flood washed away overnight, the road became muddy, and many places still needed to wade through the river, and the army marched very slowly, so less than twenty miles out of the city, I saw an official sedan chair in front of me.
The general of the Great Western Army, who led his troops to attack Pixian, (from then on, he was no longer called Liukou, but renamed the Great Western Army) Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son and the governor of the Shence Battalion, Zhang Junyong, had just walked not far when he encountered an official sedan chair marching towards Chengdu with a high spirit.
Sitting on the official sedan chair is Zhao Jiawei, the county magistrate of Pixian County, born in Gongsheng, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, after completing such a major matter explained by the governor of Sichuan, Zhao Jiawei asked his subordinates to carry the official sedan chair to Chengdu, in order to ask Long Wenguang for a reward.
Suddenly hearing that Chengdu City had fallen, and seeing thousands of Western troops in front of him, Zhao Jiawei panicked and hurriedly ordered the official sedan chair to go back, but now the road is muddy, and the sedan chair is walking very slowly.
And seeing that the country of abundance was flooded, and the people were mourning all over the way, those who were born in small officials also thought that Zhao Jiawei was against the conscience of heaven, and now seeing the Great Western Army killing, everyone threw away the sedan chair and fled for their lives.
Zhao Jiawei has no choice, now Dujiangyan is flooded into the Chengdu Plain, not to mention being caught by the Great Western Army, even the ordinary people know that they are the culprits who excavate Dujiangyan, and they will also kill themselves alive.
Zhao Jiawei only knew that it was difficult to live, and when he saw the officers and troops approaching, he jumped into a pond and ended his life of crime.
Seeing that this official was dead, thinking of the important task of encircling and suppressing the clan relatives of the king of Shu, Zhang Junyong, the governor of the Shence camp, did not dare to make any more extraneous branches, and led his troops to kill Pi County, and slaughtered all the relatives of the king of Shu.