Hearing that Yan Ximing came to see him, Yang Linzheng secretly wondered, and he was overjoyed in his heart, could it be that the legend that Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Chuan did not happen, or was being stopped by himself.

According to the historical context, at the beginning of entering Sichuan, in order to establish the Daxi regime, Zhang Xianzhong launched a bloody suppression of the Shu clan and the opposition forces, but according to the standards of the previous life, it was not Tuchuan.

The rebel army counterattacked from all directions, and revolted against the Great Western Army, and the two sides fought for each other and protected each other, although occasionally the whole village was slaughtered, but it was not yet a slaughter.

At the beginning of the Ming army's four-way encirclement and suppression this year, Zhang Xianzhong was still full of confidence, and personally led more than 200,000 land and water troops down the Minjiang River to suppress the forces of the Southern Ming regime in southern Sichuan, but was caught by Yang Zhan with a fire, and the loss of grain and grass was innumerable, and he was forced to retreat to the capital in disgrace.

After returning to the city, Zhang Xianzhong launched a purge of dissidents in the army, killing more than ten soldiers and hundreds of officers and soldiers.

If Zhang Xianzhong Tuchuan really appeared in history, it would probably start from this time and end with the beheading of the Qing army at the end of the year.

But in this time and space, Yang Lin was born, and when Zhang Xianzhong had just raised his butcher's knife, he led the army to the west, disrupting the rhythm of his massacre of generals and slaughtering Sichuan soldiers.

At this moment, the porter came to report to Yan Xi, the right prime minister of Onishi, asking to see him.

After the visit, Yan Ximing handed over a letter from Zhang Xianzhong, and got the news that the Great Western Army was about to withdraw from the city capital and lead the army north to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Yang Lin was secretly happy in his heart, but he was still quite worried: "Mr. Yan, this Zhang Xianzhong is treacherous, and the world knows it.

If Zhang Xianzhong can withdraw from the city peacefully, if Zhang Xianzhong can lead his troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, I don't know what other Ming troops will do, but my volunteers promise not to attack him.

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 our brothers in the volunteer army will not forgive him. ”

When the people heard this, they also shouted loudly to strengthen their momentum.

Yan Ximing explained again and again that after all, he was also from Sichuan, and he would not ignore Zhang Xianzhong's massacre.

Hearing Yan Ximing say this, Yang Lin personally wrote a reply, urging Zhang Xianzhong to lead his troops to withdraw from the capital 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 the city, everyone was overjoyed, but thinking that Zhang Xianzhong had gone back on his word many times in history without any 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 Lin also strengthened his defenses, and ordered Long Zhijiao and Yang Bingyi to lead their troops to smash Da'anmen in the north to continue digging trenches and building fortifications.

Feng Youqing and Wang Shuji led their subordinates to smash the Yinghui Gate in the east to dig a trench and build fortifications.

Seeing that Yang Lin 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 the city capital, it must withdraw from the north of the city, why did your department block the Da'an Gate and not let me wait for the retreat?" ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General Zhang, it's not that I'm not trustworthy, it's actually that you breached the contract first."

The scout came to report, and I also boarded the watchtower car to observe, and found that your Great Western Army was preparing to burn the city. This is really unreasonable and inhumane.

If you do not stop the burning of the city, our Volunteers will not keep their promises.

If you cease the burning of the city, we will suspend all military operations during the withdrawal. ”

Although he repeatedly defended, what the Great Western Army did was clearly seen in the watchtower car, and finally claimed that he would stop burning the city to Zhang Xianzhong.

Although Yang Lin was quite annoyed, he repeatedly warned Zhang Xianzhong not to deceive me, on the other hand, in order to win the trust of the other party, he handed the book he had just written to Yan Ximing and Zhang Wenxiu, and now he has copied more than 1,000 articles, ready to shoot into the city.

Tell the soldiers of the Great Western Army and the people of the city 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 Tartar who is a hundred times more ferocious, everyone needs to work together to go to the national disaster.

The sins of the past can be forgiven, and any new sins will be severely punished 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 volunteers and will be severely punished.

With the guards to send the two out of sight, looking at the slowly disappearing back, Qian Bangqi sighed: "My lord, you, do you really believe in Zhang Xianzhong's guarantee?" ”

With a long sigh, Yang Lin smiled: "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, how many people know about his inner calculations?

Yang Lin ordered the troops to build siege equipment so that they could quickly occupy the city wall, and ordered the departments to speed up the digging of trenches to the capital city to prevent the Great Western Army from breaking through.

The arrow flew into the capital like snowflakes, the tip of the arrow had been pulled out, and on it was the book of the soldiers of the West, 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 Lin not to destroy or kill indiscriminately, and now we are ready to burn the capital, 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 Lin, and Yang Lin also deceived the old man."

It is rumored that Yang Lin has built dozens of siege towers alone, and now thousands of proclamations have been shot in, which is just to cover people's eyes and ears to find an interface for his own behavior. ”

Zhang Wenxiu sighed and said: "Father, among the Ming army in Sichuan, although the volunteers have fought with us many times, they are not only friendly to our generals, but also to the captured brothers.

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 150,000, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, although the volunteers are strong, what can they do?" ”

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.

Although the city wall of the city is about three zhang high, the watchtower car equipped by each regiment of the Volunteer Army is about eight zhang high, and when approaching the city capital, each regiment has built a watchtower car to guide the army.

The situation in the city was clear at a glance, and Zhang Xianzhong's small actions quickly spread among the crowd.

All kinds of historical books record that when Zhang Xianzhong left the capital, he forcibly abducted the people to transport military rations and baggage, burned the palace of the king of Shu, the yamen of various official mansions and many private houses, so that the capital was completely destroyed, although the Ming army recovered the capital, but there was no willing to garrison with this.

Since the beginning of this year, the Volunteers have marched westward, seized Tongchuan Prefecture, and approached the capital of the city, making a situation of overwhelming the army under the city, so that Zhang Xianzhong has no time and no ability to forcibly capture the people and destroy the capital.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was stubborn and wanted to burn the city, Yang Lin kept shooting into the city to warn, and on the other hand, he actively prepared for war to prevent the other party from suddenly burning the city.