Chapter 141: Liaodong Generals
When Zhu Youzhen and his entourage arrived outside Shanhaiguan, all the civil and military generals in the city came out to greet them.
Headed by the largest official here, he is the title of secretary of the military department, and concurrently serves as the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and the king of Liaodong Jinglu is in Jin. He looked older than Sun Chengzong, not only did his hair be white, but the wrinkles and furrows on his face were like knives and axes.
He first saluted Zhu Youzhen, and then smiled at Sun Chengzong: "Lord Inspector led the army from afar this time, and it was hard along the way. ”
Sun Chengzong and Wang Zaijin are old acquaintances, and immediately smiled: "Brother Yun (Wang Zaijin is called Yunyun), what is polite between you and me, it is more comfortable to call him by his name!" ”
"Brother Kaiyang (Sun Chengzong's name Kaiyang) is still the old temper!" Wang Zaijin laughed and introduced the generals in Shanhaiguan to Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chengzong one by one.
The first to come forward to salute was Deputy Chief Soldier Zhao Shujiao. He was a little old man of about fifty years old, with a small round face and two small green bean-like eyes that kept blinking, and looked both cunning and somewhat funny.
The second is to attack Zu Dashou from the three products. This man was about forty years old, nine feet tall, burly and strong, his temples were high and bulging, and his eyes were shining.
After Zu Dashou, he was all the generals in his army, and the higher-ranking He Kegang, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, Wu Xiang and others held official positions such as capital division and garrison respectively. Among them, Zu Dale and Zu Dabi are both siblings of Zu Dashou.
Zhu Youzhen silently recited the name of Zu Dashou in his heart, and vaguely remembered that his wife Rui'er had said to himself that among the six great families of martial arts today, there is a family called the Liaodong Li family. This Li family is not only unique in martial arts, but also involved in the military world like another martial arts family, the Qi family. Since the former head of the family, Li Chengliang, became the general of Liaodong, he has included many children of the Li family in the army, and his power has been prosperous for a while.
And not all the disciples of the Li family are surnamed Li, in addition to the descendants of the Li family, such as Li Chengliang's son Li Rusong, Li Rubai and others, the original servants of the Li family are also a force to be reckoned with. And this ancestor Dashou seems to be one of them.
Zu Dashou couldn't help but drum in his heart when he saw Zhu You looking at himself uncontrollably. Of course, he didn't know what Zhu Youzhen was thinking, and thought that he was one of the main leading generals in this Guangning defeat. If he is to be seriously held accountable, he will not be able to escape his involvement. Just when he was feeling uneasy, Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "I remembered! ”
Zu Dashou trembled with fright, and Sun Chengzong also asked in surprise: "Your Highness, what do you remember?" ”
Zhu Youzhen pointed to Zu Dashou's side with his hand and asked anxiously, "Do you have a son?" ”
Zu Dashou complained bitterly in his heart, secretly thinking that he had offended this king of letters for a thousand years, and asked his son the first time they met, did he want to cut off my whole family?
But when King Xin asked, he didn't dare not answer, so he had to kowtow upwards and said: "Back to Your Highness, there will be three unsuccessful sons in the end, named Zu Zerun, Zu Zepu, and Zu Zehong, who are currently serving in the army, serving as Baihu and General Banner. Because of his humble official position, he didn't dare to go to His Highness to see him..."
"I didn't ask you!" Zhu Youzhen said hurriedly, "I'll ask you the one behind you, Wu Xiang!" ”
As soon as he said this, Wu Xiang almost didn't pee his pants in fright, thinking that it was the first time he met King Xin, and he was just a five-grade guard, how could this little prince be interested in his son?
He replied tremblingly, "Return... Back to His Royal Highness, the last general does have a son, named Wu Sangui, who is only seventeen years old this year, and is now the chief of the seventh rank in the army. I don't know the cheap name of the dog, why do you disturb His Highness's hearing? ”
"Oh! I see! Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "Where is Wu Sangui now?" ”
Wu Xiang saw that Zhu Youpi was smiling and not smiling, as if he had bad intentions, he was even more scared in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "I died of illness in the last year, and the dog guarded Ding Wei, and Fuling passed through Tongzhou and returned to Gaoyou, the ancestral hometown of the last general. Due to the urgency of the war in Liaodong, the imperial court has issued an order to revenge the dog, and now he should be on the way back to Shanhaiguan. ”
Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Your uncle's..."
Everyone was stunned, thinking to themselves, could it be that this Wu Sangui had offended King Xin? Especially Wu Xiang, he has scolded his son countless times in his heart, and secretly said that this rebel son is strong in martial arts, and he always likes to cause trouble. But you can't provoke anyone, you have to provoke the king of letters! It's good now, it's a complete cheat!
Of course, they didn't know that Zhu Youzhen was a person who had crossed over, and they knew Wu Sangui's "glorious deeds" well.
In Chinese history, there are many national heroes and traitors, and this Wu Sangui is undoubtedly the best among traitors, the most shameless, the most despicable, the most notorious, and the most troublesome of the people in this inferior group, there is no one!
Even a student like Zhu Youzhen, who knows little about history, also knows that a few years later, the famous generals of the Ming army, such as Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou and others, died and surrendered, and there was really no outstanding general who could compete with the fierce Houjin Iron Cavalry.
In desperation, the imperial court pulled out the general and let this Wu Sangui serve as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, leading the only remaining 40,000 elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to guard this last line of defense.
Even later, Li Zicheng led the Dashun army to raise troops from Xi'an, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and Emperor Chongzhen was not willing to transfer Wu San Guiqin Wang. He would rather commit suicide in the destruction of the city than give up Shanhaiguan and let the foreign Houjin army drive straight into the Central Plains.
And Wu Sangui is good, he originally planned to surrender Li Zicheng. But I heard that Li Zicheng snatched his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, and this goods "rushed to the crown and became angry", and he turned it on and off! The Qing army didn't spend a single soldier, so it swaggered into Shanhaiguan! This Xiongguan, which Nurhachi and Huang Taiji have not been able to break through for decades, has fallen!
The subsequent historical development can be called the darkest moment in Chinese history. Wu Sangui was willing to be a pawn of the Qing army, first defeated Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and then swung south, swept away the Southern Ming, and then marched into Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yungui, and wiped out Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army. In the end, he led his army into Burma, pursued the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and finally captured Emperor Yongli and hanged him with a bowstring with his own hands!
With his "great martial arts", this super traitor with his hands stained with the blood of his compatriots was named the king of Pingxi by the Qing court, and Yongzhen Yungui.
But that's not all. In the Kangxi period, the world was calm, the so-called rabbit died and the dog cooked, and the Qing court looked at Wu Sangui more and more unpleasantly, and finally decided to cut the domain.
And Wu Sangui played the so-called "national integrity" at this time. Under the banner of avenging the Ming Dynasty, he proclaimed himself the king of Zhou, the generalissimo of the world's water and land, and the general of Xingming, issued a proclamation, and united with Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, Sun Yanling, the general of Guangxi, and Wang Fuchen, the governor of Shaanxi, and brazenly rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, which was also arrogant for a while.
But at this time, the Han people in the world had already seen through the shameless repetition of Wu Sangui and others, and they were so happy to watch him and the Qing court eat dogs, but no one responded. Wu Sangui gradually disadvantaged the situation of the war, and the people rebelled and left, and finally revealed his true form, and became the emperor in Hengyang, Hunan, and died soon after. The Qing court immediately extinguished the three feudatories, and Wu Sangui was nailed to the pillar of shame of the Chinese nation forever.
Because of such "glorious deeds", in later works, Wu Sangui all appeared as a villain. Among them, Zhu Youzhen's favorite thing to watch is Mr. Jin Yong's pen work "The Story of Deer and Ding".
In that, Lord Wei played a lot of nonsensical means, relying on the identity of the "marriage envoy", not only played Wu Sangui and his son Wu Yingxiong around, but also fornicated with Princess Jianning and gave Wu Yingxiong a big green hat. The most relieving thing is that Princess Jianning also castrated Wu Yingxiong, so that Wu Sangui, the old turtle, was killed.
Whenever he sees this, although he knows that it is a fictional creation, Zhu Youzhen still feels very happy, and he must drink a few bottles of beer.
Unexpectedly, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen was really about to run into Wu Sangui himself. Especially when he heard that Wu Sangui was not here, but went south to Gaoyou through Tongzhou, he was shocked again, thinking that this product should not have happened to participate in the Oiran Conference in Tongzhou and met Chen Yuanyuan, right? That Gaoyou is not far from Suzhou, is this kid going to have a private meeting with Chen Yuanyuan under the pretext of going to the funeral?
Thinking of this, Chen Yuanyuan's charming and slightly sad face involuntarily floated to Zhu Youzhen's heart. He suddenly felt a burst of jealousy, although it was difficult to say it clearly, but he secretly thought in his heart: Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you must not fall into the hands of this king! As long as there is half a point of anger, this king will definitely do the right thing for heaven and slaughter you first, so that you will never have the opportunity to harm the Chinese nation, and let Chen Yuanyuan, a poor woman, no longer bear the infamy of "red face and trouble"!
At that moment, everyone surrounded Zhu Youzhen and entered Shanhaiguan. It turned out that before the arrival of King Qin's soldiers and horses, Wang Zaijin had gathered a lot of Liaodong routs, and even the original defenders, there were more than 60,000 people, all stationed in Guanzhong. At this time, as soon as King Qin's soldiers and horses arrived, the number of people immediately doubled, and the housing in the city was immediately overstretched.
Sun Chengzong was busy with Wang Zaijin for a long time, arranging this most important matter at the moment, and then he remembered that he hadn't seen the director Junguan Ning and the governor of Jiliao, Yan Mingtai.
Wang Zaijin sighed lightly and said, "The two of them have already entered the city. The day before yesterday, the news of the rebellion of the Duoyan Department and the siege of Zunhua came, and the Governor of Yan immediately returned to Jizhou, and the father-in-law also insisted on accompanying him. I couldn't persuade him, so I had to go with him. ”
Sun Chengzong thought about it for a while, and knew that Guan Ning must be wearing a pair of pants with Tu Zhong. Tu Zhong saw that he was not saved, and he had already participated in the performance, so Guan Ning was afraid that he went to Jizhou to discuss countermeasures with Tu Zhong. Although he is a man who is bright and upright, and he is not afraid of these young people, he can also guess that most of the twists and turns will sink into the sea, and he can't help but sigh heavily: "State affairs are like this, but there are these eunuchs who disturb the dynasty!" ”
Wang Zaijin smiled bitterly: "Brother Kaiyang, don't worry about him, my father-in-law is not here, let's discuss the plan of leveling Liao here, but there are fewer constraints!" ”
Sun Chengzong said angrily: "Brother Yun is reasonable, let's discuss it in your Jingluo Mansion tonight!" Your Highness, how about you go with you? ”
Zhu Youzhen said blankly: "Ah... Good! But in my heart, I was secretly thinking that I was going out on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, I was just putting on a show, and I had no right to speak or make decisions, and it was really boring to participate in this kind of military meeting. I can't play with my phone at the meeting, so I really don't know how to pass the time.
How do you know that this upcoming military meeting is extraordinary, and it almost decided the fate of the Ming Dynasty!