Although Bai Wenxuan surrendered and killed Pan Duwei to save his life, the sporadic fighting in Chongqing still lasted a whole day before it ended.

After all, the army is fighting chaotically, especially after entering the street battle, where can there be a command center to speak of, and the news of the surrender of the main general may not be able to quickly reach the ears of the troops who are fighting separately.

Even if some rogue officers at the rank of lieutenant and brigade commander heard the officers and soldiers announce that Bai Wenxuan had surrendered and forced them to lay down their arms immediately, they would think that it was a lie that the soldiers did not tire of.

Unless Bai Wenxuan himself was tied up and ran over to shout from every position, they didn't believe it, and it took time.

On the morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the smoke gradually dispersed everywhere in Chongqing.

After controlling the situation, the officials and soldiers also counted the population and destruction in the city, and only then did they confirm that almost no good people survived, and those left by Zhang Xianzhong were indeed recruits who were willing to be thieves.

More than 200,000 people and nearly 300,000 people were completely slaughtered and looted by Zhang Xianzhong, so he took out so much money to snowball to expand the army.

(Note: In history, Zhang Xianzhong, Tu Wuchang, Chongqing, and Chengdu are all clear historical facts, and they do not need the butterfly effect to cause them, nor do they need to be black.)

But it is said that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan, it is a little dark with moisture, and the specific proportion of Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army slaughtered cannot be verified, and it is said that each killed a small half to a large half, so I will not rush to conclusions. However, it is certain that these large cities will be slaughtered as soon as they enter the city. ）

The situation was so complicated that Zhu Shuren had no choice but to deal with the surrendered troops according to the situation.

First of all, many people have innocent blood on their hands, and there are quite a few of them, and some of them have slaughtered the city many times.

Even if he is a cannon fodder death battalion and is used to rush Zhang Xianzhong's camp in the follow-up battle, the ghost knows if he will defect again.

Therefore, in a hurry, Zhu Shuren could only quickly set a few principles of underlining.

First, lock everyone up, temporarily put them in a hard labor camp, and slowly screen them.

For those who have just been coerced in Sichuan, you can see if there are any bad deeds, if it is just to survive, and the body is still healthy and not weak, then it can be incorporated into Fang Guoan's troops after a short period of transformation.

Of course, it also includes Wang Guangchang and Wang Guangxing under Fang Guoan, and Tan Wen and others under Qin Liangyu.

If it is a local recruit in Sichuan, but it is identified as a land hooligan bandit, it can only be militarized management and reclamation, resumption of production, and cannot be issued weapons.

In addition, these Sichuan people are the targets of robbery, and after the officials and soldiers come, it is impossible to directly return the looted property, and it is impossible to calculate, and it is easy to have false accounts and chaos. Therefore, they will take out a portion of the spoils of war as a settlement fee for re-starting their livelihood, and each person will be given a few stones of grain to survive the cold winter and spring famine, and then leave some as seeds for spring ploughing.

These locals are relatively well arranged, and the old battalion in Zhang Xianzhong's army needs to be handled carefully.

Zhu Shuren didn't want to divide the danger by region, but the current situation was like this, and he couldn't help it, so he would first make a simple one-size-fits-all approach, according to the number of years of thieves, according to the old camp in Shaanxi and the old camp in Henan.

For the Shaanxi people who have followed Zhang Xianzhong for more than seven or eight years, they must not be incorporated into the army, and all of them will be punished as the heaviest hard labor and strictly guarded, this part of the people is too dangerous. In the future, even if it is to be used as a death camp, it is necessary to wait for *** to enter the customs and fight with the Qing army, and then let these people out to fight the most dangerous battles, and only when they come back alive can they gradually be exempted from responsibility.

The old battalion in Henan is generally in the army for five or six years at most, and the Huguang soldiers are even less, so they can be gradually eliminated and screened as a death battalion in the subsequent battle to pacify the thieves.

In the end, Zhu Shuren also asked the captives to identify each other from those old thieves in Shaanxi, and selected some of the most heinous crimes, such as those who actively participated in the slaughter and looting of the city many times, and beheaded about hundreds of people.

And the Henan Huguang soldiers who want to immediately take up arms again and be exempted from the punishment of the hard labor camp must participate in the execution, and they will use their knives to stab those old thieves in Shaanxi who were sentenced to death, and each person can stab them once, and they don't need to be stabbed to death directly, just see blood.

After all, the Zhu Shuren couldn't kill the surrendered troops

, in total, there are only a few hundred who should be sentenced to death, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers who need to surrender their names, which is simply not enough to cut.

After accepting the vote, Zhu Shuren will of course take the initiative to publicize it, and his surrender will be accepted, so that once the news reaches Zhang Xianzhong's ears in the future, the old thieves in Shaanxi under him will have hatred with these Henan Huguang traitors, and the Henan Huguang traitors will not dare to waver and surrender so easily.

Of course, it is doubtful how effective this little trick will be, but it is better than nothing, and it is also a matter of urgency.

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After spending two days in Chongqing to rectify the rear, and also transported another batch of military rations from Fengjie to Chongqing to hoard and ensure the material foundation for the follow-up attack, it was almost time for Zhu Shuren to reopen and advance westward.

At the same time, in the past two days, Wang Gonggong, who was in charge of supervising the army in the rear of Huguang, and the family of Fang Kongzhi, the new governor of Sichuan, also rushed to Chongqing. (Except for Fang Yizhi, who wants to stay in Wuchang as an official)

Originally, Zhu Shuren planned to "enter Chongqing City for the New Year" before the war, but in the end, it was not until the sixth day of the first month that the city was broken, and the sporadic battles were completely ended on the seventh day of the first month.

Wang Gonggong and Fang Kongzhi actually arrived in Fengjie County on the third day of the first lunar month, but they inquired in the rear and learned that the battle situation ahead was still tight, and their group of eunuchs and civil officials had nothing to do, so they stayed for two more days.

Although the New Year of Chongzhen's sixteenth year, Zhu Shuren spent it in the barracks, and those people spent it in a boat on the Yangtze River, but they rushed to Chongqing to spend the Lantern Festival.

When they arrived, it was the tenth day of the first month.

The city was dilapidated, and it was impossible for Zhu Shuren to extravagantly set up a banquet and entertain them, so he just took a ham that was used as a military food storage and transportation, plus some fresh fish that had just been caught from the Yangtze River, and entertained Wang Gonggong and Fang Kongzhi and his party.

As for the officials and staff members of lower status than them, they couldn't even smell the ham, and at most they drank the soup boiled with ham bones in a bowl, and put a small fish in the soup.

The food was hard to this moral shape, and the prince Rao did not read much, and immediately realized the current dilemma and difficulty in Chongqing, and he did not dare to ask for food and drink, but he also had a considerable awe of Zhu Shuren's Rong Ma Yan.

And Zhu Shuren also knows in his heart that the only thing he needs to maintain moderate respect and stability at the moment is the prince in front of him-

He will be related to the issue of how to report the situation in Sichuan to Chongzhen after Chongqing was taken and Fang Kongzhi established a temporary residence in Chongqing.

If Chongzhen asked whether Zhu Shuren had been passive in the process of assisting Fang Kongzhi to take office and regain his foothold in Sichuan, or even to raise his own respect, he would have to rely on the report of the prince of the prison army.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren did a very steady job, although on the one hand, he was miserable in life, and he couldn't get any fine clothes and food, on the other hand, there was absolutely no shortage of etiquette, even if it was just a few pieces of ham and a few fish, he also toasted and persuaded the dishes in person.

At the same time, in order to let the prince realize that it was not easy to take Chongqing so quickly, Zhu Shuren also specially removed the shackles of Bai Wenxuan, who was in a captive state, but was guarded by special elite guards and sent to the hall to listen to the prince's questioning at any time.

In addition, if you come here, Zhu Shuren will still do the surface kung fu. For those who surrendered in battle, even if they were late, he would not abuse them in life, so he gave Bai Wenxuan a fish, two bowls of rice, and a few bad wines, which was the best meal Bai Wenxuan had eaten in the four days since he was captured.

At the reception table of water and wine and thin dishes, Zhu Shuren also briefly described the difficulty of the battle of Chongqing in front of the prince, and asked the prince to keep the tactical details secret for the time being, because there are some tricks, which are not used this time, maybe they can be used next time.

Then, Zhu Shuren mentioned sadly: "There is also bad news, when the time comes, there will be Gonggong Lao to listen to the heavens: this official has been reported by the front horse on the third day of the first month, that is, seven days ago, and Chengdu has been attacked by Zhang Xianzhong.

In the next few days, new information came back one after another, and on the sixth day of the first month, it was believed that Zhang Xianzhong had slaughtered the city in Chengdu, and the day before yesterday it was clear that the death of the entire family of the King of Shu -

However, it happened on Chinese New Year's Eve, and when our army arrived in Chongqing and began to organize the siege, it was already the twentieth day of the lunar month

Around five times, it took less than ten days to recapture the eastern Sichuan portal, which was already very fast. At that time, it was impossible for the official to ignore the cut off of the grain road and go directly to Chengdu to help.

Even if you don't stop, don't need a grain road, and only rely on carrying food to fight, from Chongqing to Chengdu, along the Yangtze River and the Min River, there is at least 900 miles to go.

In five days, the infantry could not go that far by boat, and if they did not march on foot along the river, they would be exhausted to death when they got there. If only the more than 10,000 cavalry of our army abandoned the infantry army first, they would have lost their combat effectiveness when they rushed to the city of Chengdu, so they really couldn't be rescued.

On this point, please be sure to truthfully state this to Your Majesty after your father-in-law returns to Beijing, and the generals and governors of Huguang and Sichuan will be grateful to you for your righteous words."

When the prince heard this, he was also shocked, and at the same time felt a little sad. But he looked at the battle situation in Chongqing, and Zhu Shuren only used the sum to completely solve the battle in a total of twelve days, which was already very remarkable.

In the past, Wanxian, Hezhou and other places were even shorter than one or two days, and at most three or five days. From Yiling into Sichuan to Fengjie to Wanxian to Chongqing, he traveled two seven or eight hundred miles all the way, adding up to 1,500 miles west along the Yangtze River, what else could the emperor ask for?

Chengdu was temporarily broken and slaughtered, and it was too late to save it.

can only hope that the follow-up damage will not be expanded, and it will be an accident to completely kill Zhang Xianzhong's dumplings in the Sichuan Basin.

Compared with the degree of surprise of the prince, Bai Wenxuan's shock was even more serious and inexplicable.

"What? The surname of the country was sent by Tan Wen to use fraud to earn me, but what he said was true? Chengdu was really broken by Zhang Xianzhong? He actually dared to use real intelligence to use his tactics, and he was not afraid to boost the morale of the troops defending the city?

Or did he not dare to believe it if he had calculated it, or did he dare not believe it for the time being, or did he feel the need to preach it to the whole army at once? This virtual and real corresponding strategy is simply terrifying! Losing in the hands of such a person is really convincing.

Alas, could it be that God condemned Zhang Xianzhong, seeing that he slaughtered so much, he wanted to lower the national surname and punish him...... If you go down any further, you will really betray your relatives and leave them."

Bai Wenxuan was shocked, but he also inevitably showed it, and even the spoon in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground, making a crisp sound, just like when Liu Bei heard Cao Cao say the sentence "Today's heroes, only the king and the ear".

Of course, this is not to say that Bai Wenxuan's psychological quality is too poor, after all, he is now a prisoner, and there is no military aircraft to keep secrets, so there is no need to deliberately hide his emotions.

The prince and Fang Kongzhi, who were sitting on the top seat, also noticed this abnormality, Fang Kongzhi was steady, and pretended not to see it when he saw it.

But the prince had no scruples, and immediately asked, "Why did the hall descend and lose his temper?"

Bai Wenxuan didn't dare to hide it, and said it concisely. The prince was also slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhu Shuren to be so eclectic, so affordable to put down, and really dare to take risks.

After sighing, Wang Gonggong remembered to ask how Chengdu was breached, after all, he also had to consider how to explain to Chongzhen after he went back

When Bai Wenxuan heard this question in the hall, he also pricked up his ears, because he also wanted to know the answer.

On this occasion, of course, Zhu Shuren would not hide it, and the clearer he said, the lower the possibility that Chongzhen would suspect his responsibility in the future.

So he described it in detail: "My father-in-law may not know that the city wall of Chengdu has indeed fallen into disrepair for hundreds of years, just because the garrison in Shu since ancient times never expected the enemy to hold on to the city of Chengdu after entering the Chengdu Plain.

According to the official intensified investigation in the next few days, the most detailed information that has been learned so far is that Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the two or three days before Chinese New Year's Eve to relax the intensity of the siege and induce the officers and soldiers to slacken, thinking that the thieves would also rest for the New Year, and then he suddenly increased his efforts on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and caught Shao Jiechun's defenders by surprise.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong lacked firearms when he first attacked the city, and did not use gunpowder, which caused paralysis of the official army.

Press the current one

The latest news, Shao Jiechun should also be martyred with the King of Shu."

(Note: Zhang Xianzhong used gunpowder to blow up part of the Chengdu city wall, which is also a historical fact, and there is no reverse golden finger in the book in order to make it more difficult for Zhu Shuren.) When Zhang Xianzhong broke Chengdu in history, this was an important factor, but it was not the only factor. ）

After hearing this, the prince couldn't help but sigh.

And Fang Kongzhi on the side knows more about military affairs, so his sigh and comment are even more meaningful: "It is really surprising that the city wall of Chengdu is so vulnerable.

Shao Jiechun didn't take full precautions, and he was probably careless, he didn't expect the city wall of Chengdu to be so unbombed - as far as the old man knew, just half a year ago, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, where Chen Yongfu and Chen Zongzhen were guarded, he used almost the same moves,

Driving the people to push the wooden donkey to dig the city, regardless of the casualties, he forcibly resisted the defenders' lost stone firearms and approached the base of the wall to destroy and dig a hole, and then filled the coffin with gunpowder and carried it to the wall hole to bury it, causing the fire to burst. However, the Kaifeng city wall is high and thick, Li Zicheng tried several times but failed, and it is said that he also misestimated the power of the blast, and killed many dead soldiers who dug the wall and buried medicine.

That was all before May and June last year, and Sichuan was not in a hurry at that time. Thinking about these battle examples, Shao Jiechun also knew about them, but he didn't expect that it would make him go dark and not be on guard.

Sure enough, the soldiers are in danger, and they must not rely on their old experience to expect to conquer the world, once they are paralyzed, they may pay the price of their lives at any time, alas."

Fang Kongzhi's words can be regarded as standing on a fair standpoint, and he has found a step down for the death of Shao Jiechun and the King of Shu. Wang Gonggong didn't know much about military affairs, and after being explained by such a neutral bystander, of course he also gained a lot, knowing how to report to Chongzhen after returning to Beijing and explain the lessons learned.

And Fang Kongzhi seems to be saying good things for the martyred Shao Jiechun, but in fact, he also helped Zhu Shuren from the side, and then indirectly helped himself-

If Chongzhen can figure out the truth and lesson, then even Shao Jiechun, who was martyred, will no longer be held accountable, how can he be dissatisfied with Zhu Shuren and Fang Kongzhi who cleaned up the mess in the future?

This is like a fund manager, when he takes over the client's funds, the big A market has already fallen below 1,000 points, then there is no room for decline in the follow-up speculation, and no matter how the customer's capital is lost, he can't blame it.

What he and Zhu Shuren inherited was a plate that had just arrived in the basement of the eighteenth floor!

Climb back to the seventeenth floor underground, that's all their credit and ability!

The prince didn't believe it completely because of these words, but he also said that he would not go to Chengdu.

He stayed in Chongqing, waited for the country surnamed Ye to prepare for the next step of the army, and then sent Qin Zongzhen (Qin Liangyu), General Fang and Zhang Daotai (Zhang Huangyan, newly sealed Sichuan military preparation), Fang Futai (Fang Kongzhi), and the part of the Huguang reinforcements temporarily assigned to Fang Futai and Zhang Daotai to listen to the order, and went to Chengdu to encircle and destroy Zhang Xianzhong.

Since Chengdu has lost everything, it is not so important whether to get it back as soon as possible.

In contrast, it is more important to block Zhang Xianzhong's route to continue to flee west and north, so that he can completely catch turtles in the urn and die in Sichuan.

Therefore, the final battle of Chengdu must not be fought into a pursuit battle or a rout battle, but must be deployed in advance to outflank the route and fight a complete encirclement and annihilation war.

Zhu Shuren also suggested that on the way to Chengdu, the largest main force must take the Minjiang route-

Because although Chengdu is close to the Min River, it is the east bank of the Min River after all. Therefore, if the return of the Minjiang River is cut off from the west side, it can be inserted from Leshan, Meishan, Qingcheng Mountain, to Dujiangyan, and block the pass of the Minjiang River out of Qingcheng Mountain, which can prevent Zhang Xianzhong from escaping to the northwest as a mountain monkey.

This method of playing, just like in order to prevent the tumor and abscess from festering, when excising, a little more good meat next to it should be removed, so as to prevent the sepsis from being completely removed and leaving the residual poison.

There is also a price, that is, the people of Chengdu may suffer a little longer, and the massacre and looting will continue for a few more days. But in order to completely solve the problem in Chengdu and for the sake of the world, it can only be like this, Fang Kongzhi and Zhang Huangyan have no choice

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The prince also thoroughly understood this strategic idea, and said that he would wait and see in Chongqing until after the Lantern Festival, and then he would return to Beijing to explain the hardships to His Majesty.