Chapter 25 talks about righteousness and good generals, Zhang Xianzhong died in Sichuan
Different from Li Dingguo's imagination, Gao Yiming was immediately unhappy when he saw that Li Dingguo came in a prisoner car: "This Gao Jie really can't do things, how can he treat the big hero like this, why don't you open the door quickly and ask General Li to come out." With that, he also walked to the side of the prisoner's cart.
But the soldiers escorting the prisoner cart were frightened, and in front of the emperor, they knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads.
Gao Yiming saw that no one did anything, so he immediately went into battle in person, and from the kneeling sergeant, he pulled out his waist knife and tried hard to cut the chain, but the sparks rubbed a lot, but the chain was not broken in response to the knife, which was embarrassing, and the common scenes in the TV series did not appear, so that Gao Yiming and the hero did not see each other late.
When he boarded, Gao was not happy.
Fortunately, Shi Kefa on the side reacted quickly and kicked the captain who took the lead, and the captain reacted, opened the door of the prisoner car in a panic, and helped Li Dingguo out.
Gao Yiming immediately stepped forward and held Li Dingguo's hand and said: "General Li's name is like thunder, I am fortunate to see Sansheng today, come, let's go into the palace to narrate, now it is the national crisis, in the face of national righteousness, I hope that the general will ignore the past suspicions, be loyal to the monarch and the country, and kill the enemy with his heart." ”
If you are not enthusiastic, you can't do it, Li Dingguo is a general who did not lose to Qin Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty, and he must get it.
Considering that in ancient times, loyal people would not choose the second master, Zhang Xianzhong had not yet been awarded the head, and he was afraid that he would not be able to think about it, so Gao Yiming felt that it was necessary to enlighten him first, if he committed suicide and martyrdom, the loss would be great.
The civil and military officials were rectified by Gao Yiming, and they had never been persuaded to surrender, but they had never seen such a philistine persuaded to surrender.
Gao Yiming didn't care what others thought, and pulled Li Dingguo to introduce: "General Li is a good general who is rare to see in a thousand years, and you will be ministers in the same hall in the future, and no one is allowed to mention the past, you know?" ”
All the officials should be together.
Back at the palace, Gao Yiming summoned Li Dingguo alone.
"General Li, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and whether it is the Ming Army or the Great Western Army, we are essentially the same, it is nothing more than some conceptual disagreement, our biggest enemy is still outside, what do you say?"
Li Dingguo has been on high alert since he met Gao Yiming, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is like this? doesn't look like a mediocre person, how can the world be miserable by the people he governs?
"Do you really think so?"
"Of course, don't tell lies in front of heroes, I think you should have heard that I gave amnesty to all the people who participated in the rebellion, and exempted them from paying taxes for three years."
"If you had done this earlier, why would there be rebellion everywhere in the world."
"Haha! A few years ago, I only stared at the outside of the pass, but now the Qing army is still in the general trend, and it is possible to move south at any time, and at that time, the danger of exterminating the clan will come, and the lives of the world will be ruined. So in order not to let this kind of thing happen, I want to pacify the country on the one hand, and on the other hand, I also have to train troops to resist the enemy, after a period of preparation, now I have some family background, but since ancient times, it is easy to find good generals, now it is okay, God gave me the general, and I hope you can take care of the national righteousness and be brave to take on the great responsibility. ”
"How dare you use me?"
"As long as you agree, I will appoint you as a marshal at once."
"It's tempting!" Li Dingguo was a little disdainful in his heart.
"Fame and fortune are all false, dragons and phoenixes in people like the general will not be bound by this, but in the face of national righteousness, how to choose, I believe that the general has a scale in his heart."
"Humph! If you hadn't destroyed the Great Wall and harmed Zhongliang, why would this be the case? ”
"What General Li said is very true, after the battle of the capital, I woke up, but fortunately it is not too late, otherwise I will be a national sinner."
"How are you going to treat Zhang Xianzhong?"
Gao Yiming said with a straight face: "If Zhang Xianzhong can always love the people like at the beginning of the uprising, it is not impossible to let him go, but you should also see what he did after occupying Sichuan, so not killing is not enough to make the people angry." ”
"You're right, how about I think about it?"
"This is the proper meaning, the general will not look for a short-term view!"
"You can rest assured!"
"Okay, the general is a man of faith, a promise, someone comes!"
Listening to Gao Yiming's call, Han Zanzhou walked in quickly, and Gao Yiming said: "Let people arrange for General Li to go down to rest, you must serve well, and you can't restrict General Li's freedom, General Li can enter the palace to see me at any time these days." ”
Han Zanzhou received the order and took Li Dingguo out.
Because Zhang Xianzhong was determined to stick to Chengdu, he looted all over Sichuan to enrich Chengdu, making the people in Sichuan miserable.
After Gao Jie and other people entered Sichuan, because there was no resistance, on the one hand to pacify the people on behalf of the imperial court, on the other hand, they cleared the thieves in the whole territory of Sichuan, and the four-way army surrounded Chengdu after 20 days.
The Ming army's big tent, Gao Jie and other generals gathered.
Gao Jie said: "The situation in Chengdu, I think you all know, Zhang Xianzhong in order to defend the city, forced the people in the city to climb the head of the city regardless of men and women to defend the city, and for this reason, he also slaughtered people who did not obey orders in the city, so Ben Shuai decided to take advantage of the chaos in the city, we will start attacking the city tonight." ”
He Jiaoteng, Jin Menghuan, Zhang Huangyan, Ma Xianglin and others will be loud.
"Good! Since there are no opinions, I order He Shuai and General Jin, each of you to bring 150,000 horses, each equipped with a 107-mm rocket launcher, to attack the city from the northwest two gates, this battle must be quickly resolved, so we must use rocket artillery to break through the city gate, and then the whole army will enter through the city gate. ”
"Yes!"
"Zhang Huangyan, Ma Xianglin!"
"In!"
"Each of you will take 100,000 men and horses, and stand outside the two gates in the southeast, just waiting for the enemy army to leave the city, and those who do not surrender will surround and annihilate them with all their might."
"Yes!"
"Let's go and prepare, Ben Shuai personally leads 100,000 horses to support all parties."
Unlike the Ming army, which was in full swing to prepare to attack the city, Chengdu was on fire everywhere at this time, and the soldiers and civilians were in chaos.
But now that the big mistake has been made, it's too late to change it.
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi looked at the chaos in the city, they were very angry, looking for Sun Kewang's theory, Sun Kewang avoided it, and entered the palace to see Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong knew that his time was short, and he gave Sun Kewang full authority for Chengdu's city defense, and the two were helpless.
That night, the Ming army bombarded the northwest two gates of Chengdu with artillery, and entered the city, but did not encounter much strong resistance at the gate of the city, and soon broke into the inner city, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses in the city were looting everywhere, and when they saw the Ming army killing, they actually threw away their weapons and treasures and ran.
Zhang Huangyan and Ma Xianglin, who were waiting for the enemy at the other two city gates, did not wait long, and saw a group of people pouring out of the city gates.
In this way, the Ming army easily took down the four gates of Chengdu and attacked the city, and Sun Kewang saw that the general trend had gone, so he also surrendered with his men.
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi came to the palace with their few remaining subordinates, and met Zhang Xianzhong, who personally commanded the battle at the head of the city, at this time Zhang Xianzhong was covered in blood, I don't know if it was a soldier or a harem concubine, the two looked at each other and did not speak.
"Haha! My son is here, how is it going outside? ”
Liu Wenxiu said: "Sun Kewang has surrendered to the Ming army, we still have twenty or thirty thousand people left, let's break through the siege." ”
Zhang Xianzhong didn't have time to scold at this time, but asked sharply: "Then what are you two doing here?" Why don't you go to the city to organize resistance. ”
Liu Wenxiu said sadly: "Father! Now that the general trend has gone, while we still have some horses in our hands, let's break through quickly, it's too late. ”
At this time, the Ming army had already appeared under the city, Zhang Xianzhong took a look, and said with a wild smile: "What to do to break through, think of me Zhang Xianzhong as a peasant, and now he is also called the king and called the lonely, enjoy the wealth of the world, life and death are as you like, what else is there to be nostalgic for, before you die, pull one enough, cut two is to earn, you two are willing to stay, if you don't want to leave now!" ”
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who had fallen into madness in front of them, and could only accompany him sadly to defend the city, knowing the grace of encounter, so that they couldn't bear to abandon each other.
Soon the Ming army surrounded the palace, and Gao Jie also came to the city: "Zhang Xianzhong, you are now in a good situation, open the door and surrender, the emperor will spare your life." ”
"Gao Jie, now you are the eagle dog of the court, this king disdains to talk to you, if you have the ability, you will come, the great head is here."
Gao Jie nodded to Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Huangyan ordered two 107mm rocket launchers to fire, a salvo, Zhang Xianzhong's city gate tower turned into ruins, the defenders saw that the emperor was finished, immediately raised the white flag to surrender, so far the establishment of less than a year of the end of the Onishi regime.
When cleaning the battlefield later, Gao Jie found the seriously injured Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, who were saved after treatment, and were also sent to Nanjing with Sun Kewang.
Li Dingguo, who was in Nanjing, heard that Zhang Xianzhong had died, and cried a lot, and begged Gao Yiming to be allowed to set up a mourning hall in Nanjing.
After mourning, Li Dingguo was moved by Gao Yiming's generosity, and finally agreed to enter the court as an official.
There used to be only one Qin Liangyu, but the age was there, working hard day and night, it was really reassuring, as for Wu Sangui, Gao Yiming was not too relieved, but Gao Jie made great progress all the way, and he was a reusable general, and now with Li Dingguo's submission, he and the Qing army have the confidence to wrestle their wrists.