Chapter 32: Hui Ming XV
An earth-shattering howl woke Wang Dan up from his speculation about whether he was still in the original China, and saw Zhao Zhijin kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly in the direction of Beijing, and he couldn't stop crying: "Your Majesty! "Uh......h Zhao Zhijin cried fiercely for a while and then said, "It's a pity that the people of the small people are old and weak, and they can't save my Ming Dynasty, seeing that the country is about to be destroyed by the traitors, every loyal Ming people are like knives, and the sky is not kind, why do you want me to suffer such an ending." ”
After crying for a while, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Dan, with relief and hesitation in his eyes, as if he had something to say.
Wang Dan was watching this legendary ancient crying national drama, but he was panicked by Zhao Zhijin's view, only to hear Zhao Zhijin say to the sky again, "Fortunately, Zhaojiabao still has soldiers who can fight a battle, and we will definitely send troops to help the emperor exterminate Li and Zhang's two thieves, and return me to the Ming Dynasty." ”
Wang Dan heard that he had pulled himself in, and he was immediately anxious, but he put the safety of Zhaojiabao in the first place, this is the place where Wang Dan settled down at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no room for any danger, I just want to be a happy manor master, and the other gods and horses are floating clouds.
Wang Dan said dissatisfiedly, "Uncle Zhao, our fort is located in Liaodong, surrounded by Tartars, and it is not easy to keep it safe for the time being, how can we send the guards out, what should the villagers of Zhaojiabao do." ”
Zhao Zhijin pleaded, "Castle Master, the Heavenly Family has suffered such a great calamity, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, we should do our part to help the Heavenly Family survive the national disaster." I know the combat power of the Zhaojiabao guards, under the training of Lord Lei, a thousand guards wearing that kind of divine armor can be worth the army of tens of thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty, so the castle lord asks you to send half of the guards to help the court. ”
Wang Dan refused without hesitation, and Zhao Zhijin wailed incessantly, and at the same time sang where he seemed to have heard it; "Jing Kang is ashamed, You Weixue ......!"
Wang Dan couldn't understand what Zhao Zhijin was singing, but he saw the old man's tearful and sad expression. I felt a little unbearable in my heart, so I promised to have the opportunity to help Daming, which stopped Zhao Zhijin's crying and begging.
Wang Dan sighed and thought that if all Chinese were as simple as this old man, Daming would not have come to this point, recalling that those big figures who thought they were elites, including Fan Wencheng and Qin Huan, were all loyal supporters of imperial power, but they were not wrong about the imperial power to careerists like **Hachi, good birds and birds. It's the fools who don't know the face of the world and resist the power of foreign enemies.
I can't be a pioneer of bold new ideas like Fan Wencheng, but I don't want to do things on his own, as long as it is not a foreign invasion and slaughter of the Han people, no one wants to beat Wang Dan to be a happy landlord, as for Zhao Zhijin, it is easy to say, I believe that the Tartars will come again, and having them cool down Zhao Zhijin's patriotic fire will be more effective than their own persuasion.
When Wang Dan went out, he saw Artiman fiddling with the bird guns sent by the Ming army in a frenzy, and those Ming soldiers and eunuchs were all gone, walking neatly and neatly, leaving no dust.
Joke. The Tartars outside the pass will come out and slash and kill at any time, which is the right they think they have from heaven, but these Ming soldiers and eunuchs feel that they should not be slaughtered, so they hurriedly flee back to Shanhaiguan. If it weren't for the intelligence that showed that the Tartars were going all out to conquer Korea, they would not have left Shanhaiguan.
Wang Dan sneered disdainfully, and when he was about to go back to have a good time with his little wife, Artiman stopped Wang Dan and said, "Lord Lord." These things are so amazing that I can't understand how the people who made these gunpowder nozzles came up with these wonderful ideas. ”
Looking at Arteman's expression, he seemed to be eager to communicate with the firearms craftsmen of this era. Wang Dan felt that it would be beneficial for Artiman to learn how to make firearms, so he began to raise the idea of asking Chongzhen for a few firearms craftsmen.
However, Artiman said regretfully, "Although these flame-breathing pipes are wonderful, they are only useful on the battlefield, and these small flame-breathing pipes can only be used as an auxiliary tool. ”
Wang Dan was surprised by Atiman's judgment of the Ming Dynasty firearms, after all, the bird gun was too far from the modern musket, out of a sense of superiority from the future era, he couldn't help but speak, "These bird guns are not real muskets, like the kind of trolley rifle that uses bullet casings is the real killing weapon, not to mention submachine guns and machine guns."
Who knew that Wang Dan's opening attracted Yateman to ask questions all day long, he kept asking Wang Dan what is the difference between the musket and the bird's gun, and recorded all the characteristics of the single-shot gun in the movies and games in Wang Dan's memory, if it weren't for Wang Dan's deception that the Arteman machine gun is another name for the musket, Wang Dan might be asked for three days and three nights, afraid that there will be no time to rest in the future, watching Yateman rush to pick up the bird's gunpowder to test, Wang Dan also hopes that he can get something out, because firearms are the mainstream of the future.
Wang Dan returned to the bedroom exhausted, and saw that Zhao Daya was teaching Zhao Xiaoya and Zhao Xiaohu to read, she saw Wang Dan come in, and suddenly said loudly to the two children who were practicing writing; "You must remember that you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is the son of heaven, and we should all be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, no matter where we are." ”
Zhao Xiaoya agreed crisply, "The emperor that my sister said may not be in office for long, and Uncle Wang, who sells goods, said that the world is outside." ”
Zhao Daya glared at the little girl angrily, and Zhao Xiaoya was so frightened that she hurriedly agreed, "Xiaoya knows, Xiaoya is a Ming person." ”
Zhao Xiaohu said lightly, "I don't care which of them is the emperor, there are wars everywhere, and they eat people and have no food, or Zhaojiabao, if you want me to say that the lord of the castle will be the emperor, the world will be peaceful." ”
Zhao Daya scolded in panic, "Little Huzi, stop talking, remember never to say those crazy things again, otherwise you will be killed." ”
Zhao Xiaohu is quite sensible, and promised not to talk nonsense, Zhao Daya began to teach the two about the entrepreneurial history of the Ming Dynasty, how Taizu drove away the Mongolian savages, and what Yan Wang's rebellion, (that is, the allusion of Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes).
Wang Dan saw that Zhao Daya was teaching two children to recall the time when the Ming Dynasty was strong, and it would not be over for a while, so he had to go out to shop, and after walking for a while, he felt that it was better to care about national affairs, and it was good for Zhaojiabao to maintain his position outside the war in the future, so Wang Dan went to Wang Xinna, who specialized in the trading of daily necessities in Zhaojiabao, to inquire about the news.
Wang Xin is a sturdy middle-aged man, who often goes to the customs to sell some needlework and cloth and the like and comes back to sell, so he is still very clear about the news in the customs. As soon as he heard Wang Dan's explanation, Wang Xin immediately told what he knew about the Ming Dynasty.
Now the Ming Dynasty is on the verge of collapse, the court orders are not out of the capital within 50 miles, Jiangnan is already overwhelmed, Zuo Liangyu and other big warlords do not listen to the announcement, and it has completely become a cancer that cannot be removed. The two rebel leaders are increasingly being held hostage by the displaced people.
Wang Xin also focused on the situation of the leaders of the two major (insurrectionary) armies, the most powerful of which was Li Zicheng, whom Wang Dan knew, and this peasant who successfully entered Beijing and became the emperor of Dashun for a few days in history had no special function, that is, he was thick-skinned, and he listened to Li Yan's construction and compilation of some limerick poems to win the hearts of the people in the world. It was quite like announcing some benevolent government, but Wang Dan knew that as soon as he entered the city of Beijing, he showed his hatred of the rich. What kind of torture was used together, and those Ming officials who rushed to Kaicheng and surrendered to be the ministers of the dragon were reborn, and these corrupt officials and lawless businessmen who shouted noble mouths spit out most of the wealth that had been embezzled by the Ming Dynasty in a few days, and these huge wealth later cheapened the Manchu Qing as a custodian, and made a heavy contribution to the invasion of the later powers.
Li Zicheng began to kill heroes when he was not completely successful, engaged in arson, and robbed Wu Sangui and his wife who were about to surrender, and it was definitely not a good idea to take refuge in Li Zicheng himself.
Another so-called leader of the rebel army was Zhang Xianzhong, who Wang Dan was not familiar with. Wang Dan, who was still in school, read very few records about Zhang Xianzhong in the history books, only knowing that he established a Daxi regime in Sichuan, and nothing else. originally thought that Zhang Xianzhong was a small character like the lord of Dali in the Song Dynasty, but what Wang Dan didn't expect was that he was also a ruthless person. It's simply the Chinese version of the sixth cuckold Heavenly Demon King in the island country in the east, don't use any reason to kill, just look at the mood at the time, and one kill is thousands of kills. Of course, most of the people killed were ordinary people, and when they encountered the Ming army, they could hide and hide, and if they couldn't fight, they would disperse. Then he started again in a place where the famine was severe.
The most extreme scourge is that he has to kill people every day, including the wife he robbed, if he is more and more interested, he will have a human meat banquet or something, which makes Wang Dan feel creepy. It's not the horror that cannibal movies can express, living people are mercilessly killed and eaten, and it happens every day. No wonder the Onishi regime did not win the world, and when they heard that this scourge was annoyed, they wanted to go to Sichuan to avoid the bureau, and they wanted to (rescue) something.
Listening to Wang Xin's eyebrows dancing and talking about Zhang Xianzhong's deeds of harming the Ming Dynasty, Wang Dan suddenly had a guess in his heart, this thing is not a puppet from another world, tasked with collecting resentful spirits for an evil necromancer?
Wang Dan said goodbye to Wang Xin, who sent him out, and walked to his own castle, along the way, the residents of Zhaojiabao kept saluting him, and Wang Dan nodded absentmindedly in return.
Recalling the news he got just now, Wang Dan had a deeper understanding of the horror of the late Ming Dynasty, and he was more worried in his heart, human life is really fragile, he and Zhaojiabao are like a boat in the sea, drifting with the waves, how should he protect Zhaojiabao and these people, and what will happen to his future.
Looking up at the sky, it was evening at this time, the golden sunset emitted a wide range of sunlight, she seemed to be touching everyone in Zhaojiabao with a warm hand, Zhaojiabao at this moment is quiet and peaceful, but outside Zhaojiabao is the land of Liaodong lying full of corpses, not only Liaodong, but also the hinterland of Daming in the Guannei is also a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Wang Dan also felt very heavy in his heart when he thought of this, sending troops was not in the interests of Zhao Jiabao, and it would put himself who was determined to be a manor owner into danger, Li Zicheng would break through Beijing after all, even if he was driven away by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the end, he was a real big boss, and he couldn't afford to mess with this little shrimp.
Thinking of these important things related to his own interests, Wang Dan returned to his castle bedroom, who knew that Zhao Daya asked eagerly when she saw Wang Dan, "Xianggong, the concubine is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and she must help the country, I don't know if Xianggong can send troops to help the court suppress the rebellion." ”
Wang Dan shook his head and said, "Now that the whereabouts of the Tartars are unknown, they may come to invade Zhaojiabao at any time, I really don't dare to divide my troops to go out, the safety of Zhaojiabao and you is the most important thing in my heart." ”
Zhao Daya was silent for a moment, bit her lip and sat on the edge of the bed and wept, "Fujun is not a Ming person, so he shouldn't go into battle to kill the enemy for Daming." ”
Wang Dan was embarrassed to comfort Zhao Daya but didn't know how to talk about it, so he had to live in the room and paced back and forth, anyway, Wang Dan had decided not to send troops, history immediately selected Li Zicheng to attack Beijing, why should he go against the trend of history!
Wang Dan tried his best to coax his little wife to be more and more happy, until Wang Dan promised that he would definitely send troops to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Daya burst into tears, but she didn't know that the people of the Ming Dynasty that Wang Dan said meant the residents of Zhaojiabao.
After dinner, Wang Dan was impatient and carried his wife to the bed, and the two fell asleep deep in the middle of the night.
In a daze, Wang Dan saw that he had arrived at a Ming Dynasty city, which was burning with fire, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were crying inside and outside the city.
The sky was blood-red, and the earth trembled for a while, and Wang Dan followed the terrified people to look in the direction of such a big movement, only to see a six-story tall black-faced fanged monster striding over, and it held an extremely thick flagpole in its left hand, on which a large ancient Chinese character was drawn, and when Wang Dan was guessing what that character was, the monster snorted and shouted; I am Daxi Zhang Xianzhong, the capture of this city is mine, you as the people under the rule of Daxi should be worshiped to me, now I am hungry. After saying that, it stretched out its right hand and grabbed seven or eight people and stuffed them into its mouth, and chewed it with a cluck, and it seemed to enjoy the taste very much.
The surrounding people were so frightened that they scattered and fled, Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly, stomped heavily on the ground with his big foot, and suddenly the earth shook violently, and people couldn't stand and fell, at this time they didn't run away, and kept crying to the huge monster and begging for mercy. (To be continued......)