Chapter 193: Silver Ingot or Grudge
After returning to Chengdu this time, looking at the undisguised hateful eyes of the people in the city, Zhang Xianzhong killed more than 1,000 people in one breath on the grounds of banditry after relieving himself the next morning. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, Zhang Xianzhong was ready to continue killing, but the situation became more and more critical, Yang Xuan commanded the army of loyalty and righteousness from all walks of life, and the army could pounce on the city of Chengdu in less than half a day.
Hearing the news of the defeat of the loyal and righteous army, the deputy general Yang Zhan and the deputy general Cao Xun also led their troops to leave Jiading Mansion and approach Chengdu City.
In December last year, a rebellion broke out again in Kunming, Yunnan, and Tusi Shadingzhou led his troops to suddenly enter the Qianguo Mansion, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo who was guarding Yunnan, was caught off guard, and left his mother and wife to flee to Chuxiong, and now the rebels have controlled most of Yunnan, and the whole Yunnan is unstable.
Hearing that the loyal and righteous soldiers were approaching the city, Zhang Xianzhong was quite annoyed, and everyone couldn't sit still, shouting loudly one by one to fight a decisive battle with the loyal and righteous army.
Defending the city is a systematic project, which requires the unity of the people, and the slightest carelessness may be breached.
Zhang Xianzhong has obviously lost the support of the people, and it is impossible for the people to be willing to help him defend the city.
After calming down, Zhang Xianzhong convened everyone to discuss: "Now that the Barbarian Qing occupy Lao Tzu's hometown of Guanzhong, the people are miserable, Lao Tzu, I am determined not to be entangled with this Yang Xuan, and decided to go north to resist the Qing, what do you think?" ”
Yan Ximing, Jiang Dingzhen, Gong Wanjing and other Sichuan officials burst into tears one by one, looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "The emperor has such insight is really a blessing for my Sichuan people, no, it is a blessing for the countrymen."
If the emperor really decides to lead the army to the north, he will not be humble in his own way, and will be willing to send a loyal army to speak for the emperor. ”
Zhang Xianzhong watched everyone sweep away the past depression one by one, and said with a smile: "What Yang Xuan said is not completely unreasonable, it is really hateful to be clear, or the number of Daming Qi is not exhausted, I don't want to destroy Daming immediately, I can withdraw from Chengdu Mansion and coexist with them Daming." “
Yan Xi was overjoyed, bowed three times, and then came to see Yang Xuan with Zhang Xianzhong's handwritten letter.
After watching Yan Ximing leave, Zhang Xianzhong continued to say to the generals under him: "Everyone, since I want to go north to fight against the Barbarian Qing, it would be a pity if this place in Chengdu Mansion was thrown away like this.
In the past ten years, I have also accumulated countless wealth, and I think that like in Wuchang, each person who came to give me a gold ingot and two taels of silver, so that everyone must be grateful for my favor. ”
Wang Zhaolin shook his head and said: "Emperor, Sichuan is the country of abundance, if Yang Xuan occupies Chengdu Mansion, it will be even more powerful, if he leads the army north to fight against the barbarian Qing Dynasty, he will definitely compete with the emperor for territory and property." ”
Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned and said: "Hero of the world, Yang Xuan is really my great enemy in life, you can tell me, how should I be?" ”
Wang Zhaolin said with a smile: "Emperor, no matter what, you can't let Yang Xuan get a good Chengdu Mansion, you can burn the palace, burn the houses, and coerce the people to flee, so that you can cover the retreat of our army and let Yang Xuan get a dilapidated Chengdu." ”
Zhang Kewang and the others were shocked, and they all came out to dissuade them: "Father, don't do this."
If this is the case, Yang Xuan will definitely not give up, if he leads his troops to attack us and others at that time, what will we do? ”
Wang Zhaolin said with a smile: "Everything is about strength, and there are still nearly 200,000 troops in our Great Western Country, and we are not afraid of any opponent."
When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he smiled and said: "What Prime Minister Wang Cheng said is exactly what I want, let Yan Ximing negotiate with Yang Xuan, and everyone is ready to burn the city, so Yang Xuan will regret it." ”
When Wang Zhaolin heard this, he laughed.
At the same time, Yang Xuan has led the army to approach Chengdu City, and now uses Longtan Temple, fifteen miles northeast of Chengdu City, as the camp of the Chinese army, and the rest of the troops are successively marching towards Bei'anmen and Yinghui Gate in the north.
Suddenly, I heard that Yan Xi was coming to see him, and he immediately asked people to bring it.
After the visit, Yan Ximing handed over a letter written by Zhang Xianzhong, and got the news that the Great Western Army was about to withdraw from Chengdu and lead the army north to resist the Qing Dynasty.
Yang Xuan was secretly happy in his heart, but he was still quite worried: "Mr. Yan, this Zhang Xianzhong is quite treacherous, the last time Zhang Hong went to see him, he said to give me two days to think about it, who would have expected that Zhang Xianzhong would send someone to attack our military camp at night."
If Zhang Xianzhong can withdraw from Chengdu peacefully, if Zhang Xianzhong can lead his troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, our loyal army will not attack him during this period.
But if he breaks his promise and kills our Sichuan people as he is doing now, and if he dares to destroy the local economy, although I want to forgive him, the tens of thousands of brothers of our loyal army will not forgive him. ”
When the people heard this, they also shouted loudly to strengthen their momentum.
Yan Ximing explained again and again, claiming that although he took refuge in Zhang Xianzhong, he was also a Sichuan after all, and he would not ignore Zhang Xianzhong's massacre.
Hearing Yan Ximing say this, Yang Xuan personally wrote a reply, urging Zhang Xianzhong to lead his troops to withdraw from Chengdu City within five days, and urging Zhang Xianzhong not to destroy the local economy and not to kill Sichuan people.
Hearing that the Great Western Army was about to withdraw from Chengdu, everyone was overjoyed, but thinking that Zhang Xianzhong had gone back on his word many times in history and had no integrity, after sending Yan Xi's life away, everyone did not dare to be sloppy at all.
Since he received the news that Zhang Xianzhong was about to retreat north, Yang Xuan also strengthened his defenses, ordering Yao Zhijiao and Du Jigui to lead their troops to approach Da'anmen in the north, and Yang Bingyi to lead their troops to approach Yinghuimen in the east.
Stop at a distance of 300 meters from the city, rely on tricycles and unicycles to set up a car camp, and then send soldiers to dig a trench and make a long-term difficult plan.
Seeing that Yang Xuan sent troops and horses to the city, Zhang Xianzhong was quite annoyed, and once again sent Yan Ximing and Zhang Wenxiu out of the city to negotiate.
Zhang Wenxiu sighed and said: "General Yang, probably you can also see that if our department wants to evacuate Chengdu City, it will inevitably withdraw from Bei'anmen Gate in Chengcheng, why is your department blocking Da'anmen and not letting me wait for retreat?" ”
Yang Xuan smiled: "General Zhang, this is just a precautionary measure.
Besides, your ministry can also withdraw from the West Gate, as long as General Zhang does not play tricks, our department will suspend all military operations during the withdrawal period. ”
Zhang Wenxiu vigorously explained that the Great Western Army had a large number of people and a large number of baggage in various departments, and if it was withdrawn from the West Gate, it would take longer and consume a lot of food.
Yang Xuanjian believes that Zhang Xianzhong's reputation in the past was very poor, and this is just a precautionary measure.
He promised that as long as the Great Western Army could keep its promise this time, the two armies would not only suspend all military operations, but also join forces to resist the Qing Dynasty in the future.
In addition, he handed the written book to Yan Ximing and Zhang Wenxiu, and now more than 1,000 articles have been copied and ready to be shot into the city.
Its content is to tell the soldiers of the Great Western Army and the people of Chengdu that now the barbarian Qing has entered the Kou, the country is ruined, and the dispute between everyone in the past is just a brotherly dispute, and now in the face of the brutal Barbarian Tartars who are a hundred times more ferocious, everyone needs to work together to go to the national disaster.
In addition to this, it is a declaration that the sins of the past can be forgiven, and that any new sins will be severely stopped when discovered.
If you dare to destroy the local economy and take advantage of the chaos and riots to kill the people, it will be regarded as a declaration of war against the loyal and righteous army, and you will be severely punished.
Zhang Wenxiu took a brief look and promised to report to Zhang Xianzhong.
With the guards all the way out of sight, looking at the slowly disappearing back, Qian Bangxin sighed: "My lord, you, do you really believe in Zhang Xianzhong's guarantee?" ”
With a long sigh, Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Zhang Xianzhong has lived in the knife for so many years, and the only thing he believes in is strength. If I expected it to be good, Zhang Xianzhong would definitely do a lot of sabotage. ”
Qian Bangqi was shocked in his heart, shook his head and said, "In this case, why do you want to be so courteous to this Zhang Wenxiu?" ”
With a wry smile on his face, Yang Xuan shook his head and ordered all departments to build siege equipment so that they could quickly occupy the city wall, and ordered all departments to speed up digging trenches to Chengdu City to prevent the Great Western Army from breaking through.
The arrow flew into Chengdu City like snowflakes, the tip of the arrow has been pulled out, on it is the book of the soldiers of the West, it is the book of the people, Zhang Wenxiu picked up one and looked at it carefully, which was consistent with what he saw in the big tent.
Rubbing his eyes, Zhang Wenxiu came to the palace, that is, the Shu Palace, and saw that the soldiers were preparing to burn the Shu Palace, and hurriedly came to the Carrier Hall to meet the eight kings.
Pointing to the guards who were about to burn the palace, Zhang Wenxiu said: "Father, we have agreed with Yang Xuan not to destroy or kill indiscriminately, and now we are ready to burn Chengdu City, what is the reason?" ”
Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said: "This, this is just a trick to deceive people, the old man deceived Yang Xuan, and Yang Xuan also deceived the old man."
It is rumored that Yang Xuan has built more than ten siege towers alone, and now thousands of proclamations have been shot in, which is just a cover for people's eyes. ”
Zhang Wenxiu sighed and said: "Father, in the Ming army of Sichuan, although the loyal and righteous army has fought with us many times, not only to our generals, but also to the captured brothers are still friendly, although everyone has fought for several rounds, but the soldiers think that Yang Xuan is a fair and honest gentleman.
If we break the agreement, the other party will be angry and will attack us with all their might, so we will be in a worrying situation. ”
Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said: "I have an army of nearly 200,000, and the soldiers are strong. ”
He immediately refused to listen, and ordered the troops to continue to prepare for the burning of the city, and ordered the troops to forcibly capture the people in the city to transport military supplies.