The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 845
During the Dragon Boat Festival in May of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Ma Shixiu, Du Yingjin, etc. used the identities of Ming army generals and forged official documents and military amulets to trick Xuchang into opening the city gate, and rushed into the city to burn, kill and loot.

The defenders were suddenly attacked and collapsed. Not long after, the city of Xuchang was filled with flames, screams and howls, and soon too many prostitutes, hooligans, and proletarians joined the ranks of burning, killing, and looting, and Zuo Liangyu's mansion was the first to suffer.

Tens of thousands of rebels swarmed in, even if the dozens of family members of Zuo Liangyu's housekeeper resisted desperately, it was useless. The final result was that Zuo Liangyu's family died, and the accumulated family fortune was lost sweep away.

The two thieves Ma and Du not only got a lot of money and food, but also more than doubled the number of troops. They took 4 to [-] horses to attack Wuyang County in one fell swoop, and the number of troops suddenly exceeded [-].

Then they attacked eastward and captured the three county towns of Yancheng, Xiangcheng, and Yingdong, turning southeastern Henan upside down.

Xing Hongniang, Shangtianlong, Kaishan Axe, Black Shashen and other rogues who did not accept Daming's call for safety have been dormant in Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain, and Dabie Mountains, and found a god-sent opportunity to rush out of the mountains.

More than a dozen counties including Song County, Lushan County, Tongbai County, Huoshan County, and Shucheng County lost their hands. Two or three hundred officials were killed by the bandits, and more than 30 ordinary people were coerced.

As if there was a tacit understanding, all the rogues dared not touch the actual control area of ​​the "Red Banner Army", and they even walked around the nearby Huoqiu County.

The rogues also knew how to collect intelligence, and learned that Tongguan was not only guarded by the soldiers of the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty, but also by the "Red Banner Army" main barracks to assist in the defense.

Obviously, there is the Yellow River blocking the north, the great river crossing the south, and the Xiongguan in the west. The roads on these three sides are impossible to go through, and the only way to attack is to go east.

Luoyang and Kaifeng during the Dragon Boat Festival in May do not have a festive atmosphere, but panic.

Without him, General Zhenglu issued an order to evacuate the "Red Banner Army" industry in these two cities in order to prevent it from happening.

After the "Red Banner Army" evacuated Hanzhong, Xianyang, Xi'an and other cities last time, these cities were captured by bandits without exception.

The lessons learned from the past are still fresh in the memory of too many high-ranking officials. Now that the "Red Banner Army" is doing this again in Kaifeng and Luoyang, does it mean that this place will also fall?
King Fu was impatient, and King Zhou couldn't sit still, because King Qin and King Rui became captives of the rogues. Presumably, life would be worse than death. If Luoyang and Kaifeng fell, wouldn't they have to follow suit?
Immediately there were rumors and different opinions. The most credible one was that the coalition forces of rogues, slaves, and Tartars might not be able to break through Tongguan, which was defended by the "Red Banner Army." They would cross the frozen Yellow River into Henan in winter.

Today's rogues are different from the past. They claim to have millions of troops, but the actual strength is still too much even if it is not 50. With the addition of [-] to [-] Manchurian cavalry, it is inevitable that Henan, which is empty of troops, will not be guaranteed.

The fall of Xi'an dealt a great blow to many feudal lords, because Xi'an's high walls and thick walls are unparalleled except for the northern and southern capitals.

When Hong Chengchou was stationed in Xi'an, he still had nearly 10 elite troops from the three sides of the imperial court in his hands. Such strength could not avoid the fate of being attacked by rogue bandits.

Due to the mobilization of a large number of troops west of Tongguan, there are now less than [-] battalions in Luoyang and Kaifeng. The combat effectiveness of these troops is much weaker than that of the frontier troops.

It can be seen that Luoyang and Kaifeng are in danger!

Fu Wang had nothing to do all day long, and was very bored. Reading newspapers was one of his main entertainments, as evidenced by his fact that he had collected all the "Red Flag Daily" that serialized The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Today's newspapers are very fashionable, because they are worried that they will not be available sometimes. Almost every family, including princes, nobles, civil servants and military generals, subscribes in advance.

"Red Flag Daily" has increased from eight editions in four editions to twelve editions in quarter editions, with richer content, more advertisements, and increasing profitability.

King Fu did not live up to his name, he was not blessed at all. This big fat prince almost became emperor, and the reason why he didn't get his turn was entirely thanks to the Donglin party members.

The hateful Donglin Party united with many ministers to boycott the Emperor Wanli and make Zhu Changxun the emperor, which led to the appearance of the emperor Zhu Changluo, the emperor of Taichang in January, Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor, and Zhu Youjian, the emperor of subjugation.

History has proved that Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, supported by the bastard Donglin Party, is useless and a short-lived ghost without restraint.

If Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is the emperor, regardless of the state affairs, at least he is in good health, and he does not need to change his term twice in just seven years.

In fact, the Chongzhen Dynasty was terrible, and it couldn't be worse. The self-willed Emperor Chongzhen did a lot of mistakes, and it would be better for anyone to be the emperor.

King Fu is the uncle of Zhu Changxun and Zhu Youjian. During this period of time, he has seen many articles criticizing Chongzhen. He has no ambitions and no ideas. He just wants to be a rich and happy prince to spend the rest of his life.

But the reality is very cruel. He didn't want to cause trouble, and it might cause him trouble. It was rumored in history that he was cooked "Fulu soup" by the vicious Li Zicheng, which shows how miserable King Fu's fate was.

It is an indisputable fact that Henan has few soldiers and few generals. The general who has a bright eye is not optimistic about Luoyang, Kaifeng and other cities. In order to reduce losses, he has withdrawn industries from these places.

It can be foreseen that the danger is getting closer and closer to Fu Wang, who only wants to live a prosperous life.

In order to be prepared, King Fu made a bold decision for the first time, sending his eldest son Zhu Yousong to take his two brothers Zhu Youqu and Zhu Youhua with 100 million taels of silver to "Hanjiang Province" to find Neijiang King Zhu Zhiyi and Huayang King Zhu Zhihui.

If the environment of "Hanjiang Province" is really as beautiful as it is depicted in the newspapers, King Fu will step up his efforts to transfer industries, and when he finds that the rogues are killing Luoyang again, he will go to Nanyang and Xiangyang in advance.

Of course Zhu Yousong was willing to leave Luoyang Mansion, a place where he was tired of staying, and actively prepared after getting his father's task.

Ten days later, he took two brothers, three big families, seven, 800 people, and rushed to Nanyang, took a small boat to Xiangyang, changed to a river boat, went to Jingzhou, changed to a big river boat, and went down the river.

King Hui Zhu Changrun of Jingzhou Mansion is the sixth son of Emperor Wanli and brother of King Fu. way back.

Hui Wang Zhu Changrun was actually very stupid, and the ending was rather miserable. He didn't understand that everyone in the world can surrender and become a slave, but Zhu Ming's royal family cannot surrender.

He chose to surrender to the Manchus and take his own humiliation, but he was not able to live on, and was finally executed by the Manchus at Caishikou in the capital.

(End of this chapter)