Chapter 37 The First Year of Wu, the Destruction of Gusu City and the Development of the Yan Family
Although Han Lin'er is dead, the days of the Wu regime are still long. With the death of Han Lin'er, the dragon and phoenix years also disappeared in history.
In the first month of the twenty-seventh year, Zhu Yuanzhang officially changed the yuan, and this year was the first year of Wu.
In June, Zhang Shicheng was still trapped and fighting. Even when the huge territory of Eastern Wu was almost lost, he still sent Xu Yi, Pan Yuanshao and others to sneak out of the West Gate, wanting to sneak attack the Western Wu army and turn the tables.
However, he met Chang Yuchun, he led the army to meet the battle, and the fierce fight for a long time did not distinguish the victory, so he took the fierce general Wang Bi as an army, led the cavalry to launch an attack from the side, a charge, so that the Eastern Wu army was in chaos, was forced to be squeezed in the sand basin pool, Chang Yuchun immediately ordered the Western Wu army to cover up, the Eastern Wu army was defeated, countless people drowned, Zhang Shicheng almost died, can only retreat into the city in a hurry, the Western Wu army once again achieved victory.
However, the successive victories made them a little slack, and the soldiers of Western Wu gradually came to believe that Eastern Wu was nothing more than that, and that his men were just defeated. And Zhang Shicheng also showed his true strength at the last moment that he could divide one side.
After refusing the persuasion of the lobbyists sent by Li Bosheng to surrender, he gathered his forces and led his most elite army of more than 10,000 pro-troops to break through Zixumen. Because Zhang Shicheng has been operating in Gusu for many years, the people in the city are convinced, and the soldiers are willing to work hard for him, so in this battle, the Wu soldiers in the Middle East are fighting to the death and move forward!
After several hours of fierce fighting, Chang Yuchun, a fierce general who intercepted head-on, couldn't stop it! The soldiers of Western Wu began to tremble under the crazy attack of the Eastern Wu army, they had never seen such a willing enemy, Zhang Shicheng's army was brave, the formation of the Western Wu army was disrupted, and they began to retreat and retreat!
It is simply a chance for Zhang Shicheng to escape from God! The soldiers of the Western Wu Army in front of them have begun to abandon their armor and weapons and flee to the rear, and victory is just around the corner!
However, at this time, his younger brother Zhang Shixin showed what it means to be "incompetent".
As a war supervisor, he clearly saw from the city tower that the Western Wu army had been defeated and retreated, but he made a judgment that he had not seen his heart: they had won the battle and could rest.
So when the Eastern Wu army began to cover up and prepare to break through, the voice of Ming Jin came from the city tower, accompanied by Zhang Shixin's shout: "The soldiers are tired, stop!" ("The sergeant is tired.") Stop! Stop! ”)
At this time, Zhang Shicheng had just given the order to pursue.
With two opposing commands, the Eastern Wu Army was at a loss in an instant, and even Zhang Shicheng himself was stunned in place, not knowing what kind of nerves his younger brother had.
The Eastern Wu army lost its best opportunity to attack, and Chang Yuchun was worthy of being a famous general, and he took advantage of this opportunity to quickly regroup his troops and launch another attack.
Before the Eastern Wu Army could react, it was attacked by the Western Wu Army, and their stop just now also dispersed the indomitable "momentum".
Defeated, chased all the way to the city, ambushed corpses all over the field, and the last elite was all wiped out.
In September, Xu Da broke the gate, often encountered the spring break the gate, Tang Jie, Zhou Ren, Xu Yi, Pan Yuanshao and other generals surrendered successively, Zhang Shicheng and deputy cardinal Liu Yi led the remnants of the army to fight in the east street of Wanshou Temple, defeated again, Liu Yi surrendered, this time, Zhang Shicheng only left a few cavalry to follow him and successfully escaped.
At this time, there were no more soldiers and horses loyal to him in Gusu City.
His wife Liu, after leaving a sentence "Don't worry, the concubine will live up to the king", embraced her two young sons and took his concubine and maid to self-immolate in Qiyun Tower.
He became a real loner.
Zhang Shicheng was desperate, he tried to hang himself, but was rescued by Zhao Shixiong, but this former smuggler of salt has an advantage - backbone.
He replied with silence and closed his eyes to the persuasion of his subordinates, and on the way to Yingtian, he always went on a hunger strike, and in the enemy's base camp, he ridiculed the Xiangguo Li Shanchang, and then committed suicide by hanging the beam, and died in the manner of a king.
Soochow, officially extinct.
Zhang Shicheng was not a good leader, he was repeatedly untrustworthy, fond of extravagance and unenterprising, so that the Eastern Wu in the later war almost did not win, and finally died of defeat, it can be said that he was completely to blame. However, his benevolence and generosity to the people of Wu are also remembered by the world. His tomb is on the shore of Jinji Lake in Xietang, Suzhou, known as "the tomb of King Zhang Wu", and the incense continues until the Republic of China.
"The ten temples are in the dark sunset, and a shrine is still worshipping King Zhang. Pedestrians take the spring spring lai, suspected of carrying the fragrance of the imperial wine of the year. This poem shows the nostalgia of the Wu people for their former king, perhaps if he was born in a peaceful and prosperous world, he could benefit one party and be a good minister.
It's a pity that he was born in troubled times, and his fate was also doomed.
By the way, the ending of Zhang Shixin, who ruined his brother's good deeds.
After pitting Zhang Shicheng, he unconsciously spread out a silver chair on the head of the city to enjoy the delicacies, and just as his men offered him a peach, the cannon under the city began to roar.
The brain was blown up on the spot, and it was mixed with peaches and couldn't be distinguished.
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The north side was fighting lively, and the Yan family in Qingyuan was not idle, and under the command of Yan Ling, they made many adjustments.
First of all, it is the end of the maritime trade business.
Although Yan Ling took away the family's three giant ships, the profits of the sea business were also really moving, and the Yan family still got a few ships from Fang Guozhen and started the ocean trade again. But this time, Yan Ling's attitude was very resolute: all ships must be sold.
For this matter, Yan Ling's younger brother Yan Ke, who was in charge of business, also took his third uncle who assisted him all the way to Yingtian, trying to persuade the head of the family to change his strategy.
After all, this is really outrageous, the Yan family has been in this business for one or two hundred years, how can it be scrapped like that.
In Yan Ling's study, the two of them spat and flew, telling about the high profits of the sea trade and the various benefits brought to the Yan family.
It wasn't until the end that Yan Ling told the truth in desperation.
He also walked to the door, looked outside, and closed the door tightly with a pretending to be "important", before turning around, and whispering mysteriously to the two people who were a little nervous by him:
"Your Highness, the sea will be forbidden soon!"
"What ???" When the two of them heard this, they were about to jump up in surprise, and they couldn't help but shout.
"Shhhh Tap! Yan Ling hurriedly made a gesture and put on a look of "This is internal information, it must not be leaked": "You can't say it, it won't be long before this ship can only be scrapped at the dock!" Sell it now, and you can get a mouthful of blood back. ”
"But since the Song Dynasty, maritime trade has lasted for hundreds of years, why, why ......"
Yan Ling shook his head: "Your Highness's heart, how can our courtiers figure it out?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the two stopped talking, and the heart of heaven was unpredictable.
They didn't question Yan Ling's words, after all, the other party was King Wu's important minister.
They were still unwilling just now, but their faces were full of happiness at this time.
"I'll sell it when I get back." That's what they said.
Looking at their departing figures, Yan Ling sighed softly.
Zhu Yuanzhang issued the order of "not allowed to go to the sea", and it has been in the past few years.