Chapter 136

Zhao Kang got up very early today, which is not easy. To be placed in normal times, our Lord Zhao and Zhao Taiyang's wake-up time is generally after two o'clock at noon.

The morning air was very fresh, but Zhao Kang quickly became unhappy. After washing, as soon as he walked to the lobby of the governor's yamen, Zhao Kang saw a face that made him very unhappy: Wang Jixiang!

This Wang Chengen's godson was originally just an ordinary eunuch in the palace, because his relationship with Zhao Kang was reused by Emperor Chongzhen. No, he was sent to Xi'an as a prison soldier again!

Wang Jixiang, who has experienced a house arrest, is actually very reluctant to come to Xi'an to be this ghost prison army. The prince who followed Zhao Kang from Yulin to Horqin can be said to be afraid of Zhao Kang to death, and he was awakened by nightmares several times in the Forbidden City.

After returning from the grassland, Wang Jixiang never ate a piece of meat again. It's not that he doesn't want to eat it, but until now, when Wang Jixiang smells the meat, he will think of the strange rancid smell on the prairie. When I think of that taste, I don't want to eat all day.

This Governor Zhao kills people completely as chickens are slaughtering. No, it's wrong, it's like being stepped on by ants.

I am afraid, but I can't help but come.

From April to the end of September, Kaifeng City had been surrounded by Li Zicheng for half a year.

On the first day of July, Kaifeng was already in an emergency, and Chongzhen ordered Zuo Liangyu to help. Zuo Liangyu and Yang Wenyue, Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, and Fang Guoan were stationed in Zhuxian Town. Zuo Liangyu saw that the enemy was strong, so he pulled out the camp and fled, and all the armies in Xiangyang were defeated. Zuo Liangyu's army fled to the middle of the road and met Li Zicheng's ambush army, Zuo Liangyu's army was in chaos, abandoning horses and mules and 10,000 horses, Ren Dong, the supervisor of the army, died in battle, and Zuo Liangyu fled to Xiangyang.

Chongzhen held Zhu Xianzhen accountable for the defeat, the governor Yang Wenyue, who was wiped out, was dismissed, and Ding Qirui, the governor who was also wiped out, was arrested and imprisoned. And Zuo Liangyu, the culprit who still has more than 10,000 soldiers, has not been punished in any way.

On September 24, Kaifeng City was besieged for half a year, and the grain had already been eaten. Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, still held on. However, at this time, Kaifeng City had run out of ammunition and food, and Gao Mingheng decided to make a desperate bet and sent troops to dig up the mouth of Zhujiazhai on the Yellow River to irrigate Li Zicheng's army, but Li Zicheng's spies found out the news. So Li Zicheng moved to the high ground in advance, and at the same time "used the other way, and gave back to the other", and also drove tens of thousands of refugees to dig the Yellow River and Majiakou, preparing to flood the city of Kaifeng. As a result, the two places of the Yellow River broke at the same time, the water potential was uncontrollable at all, and the river water entered and exited from the north gate of Kaifeng into the southeast gate, and the sound of water rushed like thunder.

Millions of households in the city were flooded for hundreds of miles outside the city. However, less than 20,000 people were able to escape. Because the water was too strong, even Li Zicheng's army, which had been prepared for a long time, was drowned by more than 10,000 people, so Li Zicheng pulled out the camp and left. Originally, "Kaifeng Jiazhongzhou", when Kaifeng City was besieged at the beginning, there were more than one million households, millions of people, and when the city was broken, there were only 300,000 or 400,000 people left, and the rest of the people were drowned in water or starved to death, and died of disease.

As soon as Kaifeng fell, the entire Central Plains was already in Li Zicheng's pocket. Chongzhen also found that Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and the like were unreliable, and if they wanted to pacify the death situation in Henan, they had to count on Zhao Kang, a "famous general", and the Eighth Route Army under his command.

So Wang Jixiang, who was crying, appeared in front of Zhao Kang with a trembling decree. As soon as he saw Zhao Kang walking into the lobby of the governor's yamen, Wang Jixiang ran over and knelt down directly, hugged Zhao Kang's calf and cried: "Lord Zhao...... You must save the people of Henan! ”

Zhao Kang, as a modern person, how can he adapt to Wang Jixiang's set, and the eunuch's unique male duck voice stimulated Zhao Kang with goosebumps all over his body. Zhao Kang hurriedly pushed him away and asked, "The prince doesn't sleep in the Forbidden City early in the morning, what are you doing in Xi'an, a place with poor mountains and bad waters?" ”

Wang Jixiang cried: "Uncle Zhao, please send troops to save the people of Henan!" Li Thief conquered Kaifeng, and there was no official army in the whole of Henan that could beat its edge, and millions of Henan fathers and villagers would definitely fall into dire straits in the near future! They are all eager for you to go east to Tongguan to rescue them, uncle! ”

Zhao Kang scratched his hair: "Princess, how is the version that Lord Ben heard different from you?" I have heard that whenever the thief goes, the local people all eat and drink to welcome his teacher. Shouting the slogan of 'Open the gates of the city to meet the king, and the king will not pay for food when he comes', the heavens and the earth rejoiced. In their opinion, our officers and soldiers are more terrible than thieves! ”

Wang Jixiang wiped away his tears in an instant, and said, "Rumors! Definitely a rumor! Everyone in the world knows that thieves and thieves are kidnapping, doing all kinds of evil, and there is no grass everywhere they go! It was so bad that it had sores on the top of its head, pus on the soles of its feet, and it was not a good animal to give birth to a son, and it was too much to say that he was a human being, how could Uncle Zhao, as the number one good man in the world, tolerate this kind of scum to live happily in the world? We must send troops to destroy him, and return the people of the Central Plains to a prosperous situation! ”

Zhao Kang kicked Wang Jixiang, who was still kneeling at his feet, to the ground, and scolded: "You specially treat me Zhao Kang as a stupid pen and a gun? Labor Zhao Kang is the governor of the three sides, not the governor of Henan, just take care of his own territory, what is the excitement in Henan if he has nothing to do? Do you pay for the war? You know, fighting is about killing people, let alone fighting, and I now have nightmares at night when I see dead people. Ay...... Soft-heartedness and kindness are really my Zhao Kang's biggest shortcomings......"

Wang Jixiang almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood: Are you soft-hearted and kind? Do you have nightmares at night when you see dead people? And shameless! It's labor and management now, and when they see your fat face, they will really have nightmares at night...... I'm okay, I guess those Mongolians on the steppe don't need to see your face, they can't sleep just by hearing your name!

But he said, "Indeed! Uncle is telling the truth! Being kind-hearted and kind-hearted is indeed your biggest shortcoming! But my lord, you're no longer the governor of the three sides! ”

Zhao Kang's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" Could it be that the court is going to remove me from my post? Hum Hum Hum ...... If this is the case, labor and management will inevitably lead troops to the city of Beijing! ”

Wang Jixiang had long been immune to Zhao Kang's rebellious language, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle Zhao, don't misunderstand! But our emperor saw that you are loyal, for the country and the people, plus your old man's achievements in pacifying Mongolia and governing the three sides, so he decided to canonize you as the governor and auxiliary minister, the governor of Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shanxi five provinces of military affairs, Ke Sunrise Pass to exterminate the Central Plains! The Holy Decree Miscellaneous has brought it to you! ”