Chapter 2 The troubled times are bleak
The sky is not old, and the love is indescribable.
In order to forget the pain of Hongchen, Xie Chenfeng wore the stars and the moon through ups and downs, and he had long been accustomed to this kind of upside-down life.
It was hard to forget the unforgettable memories, and the seeds of pain planted in his blood could wake up at any moment, and he could only rely on alcohol and exhaustion to numb himself.
He had no intention of nostalgia for the sights along the way.
There is really nothing to be nostalgic for along the way, a scene of decay and decay of soldiers and horses, broken walls, barren fields, and ragged people.
It is really the hardship of the people who are rejuvenating and the suffering of the people who are dying! When will there be tens of millions of mansions?
Chen Feng was full of compassion and emotion: What has he done for the common people in the world? The state of the people's poor livelihood has not changed.
Master's earnest teachings asking him to take the common people of the world as his responsibility are still in his ears.
After Xie Chenfeng ran away from home, he once experienced a martial arts adventure. He learned a martial art that was beyond his bounds.
The master only accepted two apprentices in his life. One is Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, who was awarded the title of "Ping Xibo", brave and good at fighting, and has a prominent reputation. One is the "ruthless swordsman" Xie Chenfeng, who is a rare martial arts master.
When the master was leaving, he told Chen Feng to go to his senior brother Wu Sangui to make contributions and benefit the common people.
What the people have seen and heard, Ling Chenfeng is well aware of the people's suffering, and sees the corruption and incompetence of the transparent dynasty.
Although he has been educated by the feudal ideology of loyalty and patriotism for a long time, it has not changed the essence of his commoner background.
Under the recommendation of his friend Yuan Chengzhi, he joined the vigorous Chuang Wang peasant army.
He has no regrets in this life. In the rebel army, he got acquainted with the far-sighted and erudite Li Yan, and got acquainted with the heroic and sassy red lady who understood righteousness.
Li Yan's proposition of 'free grain for all fields and treating the people as relatives' has won the support of the people.
The Chuang army captured the capital like a broken bamboo and swept the clouds, and established the Dashun regime.
Li Yan also put forward the idea of "settling the hearts of the people with industry and commerce, proclaiming the emperor early in the six palaces of the Qing Dynasty, punishing corrupt officials and subduing generals, and favoring Xibo with grace."
"Ping Xibo" Wu Sangui had a pivotal position in the political pattern at that time, and the folk proverb has the saying that "one will lock the world".
Li Zicheng turned a deaf ear, and he began to be dizzy and dizzy in the face of Ronghua, wealth, and willow's waist and chest.
He was fascinated by the singer Chen Yuanyuan's bright eyes, bright teeth, willow eyebrows, and cherry lips, which were as tender as water.
Chen Yuanyuan is the favorite concubine of Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.
Li Yan was loyal and admonished, and bluntly told each other about the stakes.
Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng praised Li Yangang for his loyalty with a smile, but he gritted his teeth and hated him for not knowing the times.
He ordered Li Yan to write a holy decree to appease Wu Sangui on his behalf.
General Liu Zongmin observed his words and looks, but had other plans.
Xie Chenfeng took advantage of the friendship of his fellow disciples to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender in a private message.
There was no better choice, Wu Sangui handed over Tongguan to Tang Tong, the general of King Chuang, to take over, and personally led his troops into Beijing to surrender.
However, current events are unpredictable, but history is always so dramatic, which makes people sincerely sigh that 'it is up to heaven to do things, and things are up to man'.
Liu Zongmin led his troops to steal Wu Sangui's family property, and took Chen Yuanyuan away to a golden house to hide Jiao, intending to flatter the king.
Li Yan immediately blocked the news and asked King Chuang to punish Liu Zongmin and favor the Wu Mansion.
Li Zicheng smiled disapprovingly, not committal.
Liu Zongmin held a grudge and even more unscrupulously framed Li Yan for wanting to rebel and create a rumor of "eighteen sons, the main artifact".
In June 1644, Li Zicheng became suspicious and immediately killed Li Yan and his brother Li Gao.
On his way to Beijing, Wu Sangui encountered a domestic servant who had escaped to report the news.
The servant wept bitterly and truthfully recounted what had happened.
Wu Sangui's green muscles burst into anger, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and swore to Qingtian: "Shanye Pifu, I don't share the sky with you! I dare to kidnap my biological father and adultery with my wife and concubine!"
He originally looked down on the reckless thief, but in his heart he thought that Chongzhen was a wise man who was born at an untimely time.
He returned to Shanhaiguan with 100,000 troops and decided to think long-term.
Li Zicheng personally conscripted and sent 200,000 troops, and the Dashun army 'south to Haibei Zishan' was in front of Shanhaiguan, and for a while the banner was like a sea and a spear like a forest, and the momentum was violent.
Wu Sangui is not an idle person, enjoying the reputation of "the fair-skinned marquis for the least years", bravely crowning the three armies and breaking through the nine sides with filial piety. During the apocalypse, he led five families to rescue his father in the 40,000 Qing army, and the people were like dragon knives like electric switches, which made the Qing army frightened.
The two sides encountered an unprecedented opponent, the Dashun army was brave and strong, and the Kwantung iron cavalry was fierce and fierce.
The intensity of the Battle of Shanhaiguan was unprecedented.
The pictures are shocking!
A soldier was stabbed in the abdomen with a spear, and without fear, he let the spear penetrate his body and slammed it in front of the opponent, swinging his knife and slashing the opponent's neck.
One of the volunteers' intestines flowed out, and he strangled the opponent's throat with his own intestines, and the other soldier plucked out the enemy's eyes with his fingers.
A soldier was stabbed in the arm, he resolutely swung his knife to cut off his arm, and rushed over in two steps in a row to cut the opponent's head.
One of the volunteers was slashed in the chest, and he held the blade of the knife tightly to prevent the opponent from retracting the knife, and the other soldier easily stabbed the soldier to death.
......
The two sides tore apart with great regret.
After all, the Dashun army was twice as large as the Kwantung Iron Cavalry, and the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand.
Li Zicheng thought that the overall situation would be decided, and his face was gradually happy.
Suddenly, a swift and fierce cavalry rushed out from the northwest direction, sweeping the battlefield like a raging storm.
Wu Sangui has already surrendered to the Qing.
Dolgon led the Qing soldiers through the Shanhai Pass to participate in the competition, and from then on began to display his great talent to dominate the Central Plains. (Dolgon, the founding father of the Qing Dynasty, known as the first warrior of the Qing Dynasty)
Li Zicheng and failed to withdraw from Beijing City through Shanhaiguan, and finally escaped from the empty gate.
The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.
A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet, and many things in ancient and modern times are laughed at.
Wu Sangui has become an eternal joke of "rushing to the crown and being angry for the red face".
Li Zicheng has become a sigh of "a flash in the pan and a dream of Nanke".
The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up.
The Yangtze River is forever magnificent and wonderful!
The Yangtze River is forever surging, as if boiling water is tumbling violently.
The magnificent Yangtze River is like an untamed horse, sweeping the Central Plains with a thunderous momentum.
The majestic Yangtze River is like a giant ship carrying lightning and thunder rolling over history.
I don't know how many historical vicissitudes and tragedies have been precipitated.
The huge wave suddenly jumped up and stabbed into the sky, and then it turned sharply and fell into a shattered bone bead splashing jade, and there seemed to be a pair of invisible hands controlling it in the dark.
The sound of the waves crashing on the shore is terrifying.
A wave is small for the Yangtze River.
The individual is small to history.
Maybe it's indulging in the past, maybe it's being intimidated by the momentum of the Yangtze River.
Xie Chenfeng faced the rolling river like a green pine standing rock, standing quietly, as if he had forgotten life and death, honor and disgrace, grievances and hatreds.
But the mood can never be calm:
The Qing army attacked the city and the terrain was like a bamboo; the Southern Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and the loyal people tried to turn the tide and perform the legend of resisting the Qing Dynasty; Li Laiheng, the "little king of Chuang", went forward to succeed the banner of righteousness, and fought hard in the south and the north to resist the Qing and the Ming Dynasty. (Li Laiheng, Li Zicheng's nephew, wise and brave, tempered, very famous.) )
The sword asks the sky, who can master the ups and downs!
The sky is vast and lonely, and the river breeze is hunting with a cool chill.
The robe hunted frantically, Xie Chenfeng looked free and elegant, and he looked lonely and lonely.
The eyes that are no longer ordinary are small and almost narrowed into a line, but there is a terrifying power in those eyes, and sometimes there is a faint sadness that is unforgettable.
The black pupils are like a quiet pool, ethereal and melancholy mist.
There are some things that can never be forgotten, and they are still so fresh in my memory.
The battle of Shanhaiguan was so miserable. The Dashun army lost more than 80,000 horses and horses, and the corpses were strewn all over the field. Mutilated flags fell to the ground, the air wafted with the smell of blood, rot and vomit, and flocks or flocks of crows rose and fell with a terrible, piercing scream, lingering like ghosts in the plains.
Success or failure turns empty, and sighs and regrets it.
Fortunately, the wise and martial "Xiaochuang King" continued to hold the banner and wrote a generous and courageous inscription, which strengthened his belief and stabilized the morale of the army.
This move was like a beautiful and brilliant morning star in the blue sea and sky, which re-energized the fighting spirit and hope of the rebels.
Xie Chenfeng's gaze gradually revealed perseverance and perseverance.
"Little Chuang Wang" seemed to be looking at him earnestly and trustingly, and Chen Feng felt full of courage and strength.
He secretly vowed to accomplish his mission at any cost.
"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road" is a portrayal of the corrupt and incompetent Southern Ming Dynasty.
Accompany the capital of Nanjing, which is still singing and dancing, rising to the level, red wine and green drunkenness, life and death.
Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was desolate and mediocre, and he was still living a life of fancy and luxury.
He, Zhu Yousong, was just a puppet of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and others, and what could he do but spend all his time drinking and drinking?
The Ming Dynasty was hopelessly ill, and his father had worked hard to find out that he had not ended up hanging himself from the coal mountain.
Jinling City is already full of rumors, grass and trees, and soldiers.
Folk gossip and strange things spread in private.
"Do you know? I heard that the 'Ruthless Swordsman' came to Jinling and wanted to assassinate the emperor. ”
"No, I heard that he came to get the "Daming Military Defense Map". ”
"Haha! You're all wrong, according to reliable sources, he's here to get the treasure. ”
"Let's go cool, it's just a fabrication, you have a few pieces of information that are accurate. ”
"Ruthless Swordsman" Xie Chenfeng has long been a legend in the rivers and lakes, and it is terrifying to talk about it, and how many famous martial arts masters have been defeated under him. The most horrific thing is that no one knows his appearance or weapons so far, and all the masters who fought against him have since disappeared. The "Ruthless Swordsman" is just an unattainable symbol on the rivers and lakes.
The princes and generals were arrogant and lascivious, corrupt and bribed with the psychology of timely pleasure.
Ma Shiying is usually very low-key, his diet and daily life are very simple, and he is reluctant to change his new clothes after wearing official uniforms for five or six years. The common people think that he is a good official who is honest and honest. The civil and military officials knew in private that he was an insatiable fellow, and he usually accepted gambling and deducted military salaries, and he didn't know how much gold and silver treasures he had collected.
He wanted to pretend to be poor, and he didn't know what this guy thought.
His mansion also looks out of place, it looks like a big family at most, there is no lion in front of the mansion, the surface of the red door, the lintel, and the doorpost are old, the decorative door nails are rusty, and only two red lanterns are hung in front of the mansion to emit a dim light, which makes people feel gloomy and depressing.
It seems that a silver oxidized token is hung on the door beam at random, and it is difficult to attract attention, and the yin and yang carvings are engraved with strange patterns, and even if someone sees it, they will think that it is an item to ward off evil spirits or something.
No one would have imagined that this was the "Soul Chasing Order" that moved the rivers and lakes, and all it summoned were foreign masters of martial arts who were loyal to the country.
There is a proverb on the rivers and lakes that "when the soul comes out, the ghost cries and the god howls". As long as any master is locked by the "Soul Chaser", it is equivalent to a ghost-haunted dead, and no one can be spared. As soon as the soul chasing order comes out, it will be successful, even if it is chased to the ends of the earth.
Fortunately, the "Soul Chasing Order" is rarely out of the rivers and lakes, and if the token appears in the rivers and lakes, then there must be a big event. So far, the token has only been issued once against Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and has not been recovered.
When the soul chasing order reappears in the rivers and lakes, what earth-shattering things will happen?
Ma Shiying crossed his arms in the study and wandered rapidly, sometimes stunned like a wooden chicken, carefully twisting the beard at the corner of his lips thoughtfully, sometimes looking up to the sky and sighing depressedly, his cold eyes revealing anxiety and confusion.
What should we do in an eventful season?
The civilized state of the Ming Dynasty is about to be conquered by the stubborn and barbaric. He felt a sense of shame and wonder that he had never felt before.
From the feeling of feeling, he would rather surrender to the army, after all, he is of the same ancestry. Intellectually speaking, he could only stoop to the Manchu Qing, and the Manchu Qing would definitely dominate the Central Plains in the future.
He now misses the former emperor Chongzhen very much. The first emperor was conscientious and conscientious for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, purging the eunuchs, only being virtuous, reforming the tax system, and reforming the official system. Since the first emperor ascended the throne, he dealt with government affairs every day until the early hours of the morning, and he became ill with a long work, and his face was yellow and thin. , the first emperor once heard about the Shaanxi people's uprising, and on the spot he was in a hurry and vomited blood, and the civil and military officials were all moved and cried bitterly with guilt.
Da Ming was incurably ill, and the first emperor finally committed suicide. Ma Shiying never had any hope for Emperor Hongguang from beginning to end, and this kid was not as wise as half of the previous emperor.
Chongzhen valued Ma Shiying very much during his lifetime, and gave him two "soul chasing orders" to prepare for dangerous events.
According to the intelligence from the inside line of the Chuang army: 'Xiao Chuang Wang' has sent the top master 'Ruthless Swordsman' to steal the "Daming Military Defense Map".
The "Ming Military Defense Map" records the detailed information of the Ming Dynasty army, including the structure of troops, the configuration of stations, etc.
In any case, it can't fall into the hands of traitors, this is a bargaining chip that he Ma Shiying will clear in the future.
Today, Ma Shiying tried to issue the "Soul Chasing Order" again, and he was not completely sure that he would be able to summon a master, after all, the first dynasty had fallen.
He waited with great anticipation for a martial arts master who he had never known if he would come.
The hour had passed and no one had come, and drowsiness gradually hit his eyes, and he finally lost his patience and prepared to walk to the bedroom.
Inadvertently looking down, he found a creepy thing: two shadows appeared in his figure, could it be a ghost? Still couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, although he had been on the battlefield for a long time and was familiar with life and death.
He restrained the fear in his heart and reflexively turned back, and a man in black held the "Soul Chaser" as if a ghost was standing there silently. The doors and windows are closed, and it's hard to figure out how and when to get in.
A beautiful "female ghost," a beautiful killer, and definitely a charming woman! He has read countless people, especially when it comes to studying women, and he never doubts his own judgment.
The eyebrows are like willow leaves, the charming and intelligent Danfeng eyes exude a cold and scorching light, and the slim figure exudes the faint fragrance of plum blossoms.
Ma Shiying hurriedly held her breath and pretended to ask calmly: "What is the ?—— at the foot?"
"Heartless Swordsman," the concise voice turned as clear as a yellow warbler; "What instructions does Your Excellency have?"
I really want to hear such a pleasant and moving voice from time to time, but the other party is a cold killer, Ma Shiying doesn't dare to have the slightest distraction, and now he just wants to leave quickly.
He tried to use the simplest language possible: "Kill the 'Ruthless Swordsman' and recover the defense map." ”
His eyes stared at Ma Shiying keenly and deeply, and the "Heartless Swordsman" was silent and speechless, and suddenly floated away like green smoke, and the window door shook for a while, but it was as calm as ever.
He knew that the "Heartless Swordsman" had accepted the task.
The whole body and mind suddenly relaxed, and the palms of his hands actually broke out in a cold sweat, and his cold eyes grunted, flashing with a hint of cunning, and he came up with an idea of Li Dai Taozhuang.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and pleasantly, and greedily inhaled the fresh and faint body fragrance left in the air by the woman, and his face showed a look of ecstasy and enjoyment.
Everything is as it pleases.