Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 382

It has been a long time since the beginning of spring, but there is still no trace of spring.

There are snowflakes in the sky, the sky and the earth are completely white, the canals outside Suzhou City are still covered with thick ice, and horse races can still be run on Taihu Lake.

In the city of Suzhou, Tu Guobao was roasting on a fire, and a pot of Shaoxing rice wine was warmed on a charcoal stove.

"Zumala really lost?"

"Well, his head is now made into a gold-encrusted skull bowl by Zhang Mingbin. The corpses of him and the [-] riders under his command were all taken to Jiangning City for exhibition, and then they were taken to Xiaoling Mausoleum in Zhongshan, where they were taken on both sides of the corridor. Kneeling on sharp stakes. Zhumala was the worst, not only the skull was taken to make a wine vessel, but even the human skin was peeled off, stuffed with grass, sewn up and stored at the foot of Xiaoling Mountain... "

"Hiss!" Tu Guobao couldn't help but gasped, "This is too cruel."

"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit." Yang Guohai thought it was very common, "Fortunately, we saw the opportunity quickly."

Tu Guobao couldn't help but picked up the jug and poured himself a glass of rice wine. The warm rice wine entered his throat, making his whole body hot.

The tide is turning, even very quickly.

In Zhenjiang, he saw with his own eyes how Bashan and his Eight Banners of Jiangning and Ningxia were annihilated. If you say that the battle was done by the horse, Chen Jin and the others were wronged by Yan Wogong, but now Zhuma La The 2000 men were wiped out again, killed in [-] battles, and [-] Mongolian cavalry surrendered.

Going forward, Kangkala was beaten when he was ambushed in Changzhou, and he lost [-] yuan.

Then Li Yuchun discounted five hundred in Jiaxing, and Li Sutai even died under the assassination of Tu Guobao.

"Who would have thought that the Duke of Chaoyong would actually be the loyal general of the Son of Heaven? Hahaha, it's so fucking funny." Tu Guobao laughed and burst into tears, "Why is this charcoal fire still flawed? The smoke is too much , smoked eyes." He concealed his gaffe.

Yang Guohai looked indifferent, "Tartars are nothing more than that, Uncle, but I have received the latest news that Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan has already submitted a form, announcing his abdication, and accepting the title of King of Yunnan from the Son of Heaven. He is preparing to lead his army to leave Sichuan and go to Yunnan to put down the rebellion of Shadingzhou Tusi for the imperial court, and then guard Yunnan."

Tu Guobao has just heard the news, but he still doesn't quite believe it.

Who is Zhang Xianzhong?

This Huang Hu is one of the Eight Great Kings, and he established the Daxi Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. How would he join Daming so happily?Shunying was attached because Li Zicheng died suddenly on Jiugong Mountain, Shunjun was defeated by Qing army for thousands of miles, and the dragons had no leader, so they accepted the recruitment.

And Zhang Xianzhong is a ruthless person.

He is more ruthless than Li Zicheng, Tu Guobao had fought against Zhang Xianzhong before, this guy looted and murdered, he was very cruel, I heard that he entered Sichuan three times, and he killed many Sichuanese.

Although some propaganda in the Ming Dynasty said that it was a bit too much for him to massacre the city after entering Sichuan, this guy really likes to kill people.Especially after he became Emperor Daxi, because he took the initiative to win over the gentry and officials in central Sichuan, many people did not buy it. This angered Zhang Xianzhong, and at the instigation of his son-in-law, Prime Minister Zuo Wang Zhaolin, who was more bloodthirsty and brutal, he went on a killing spree , He also likes to engage in torture, such as Ling Chi, skinning and so on.

However, some gentry in central Sichuan who knew the inside story also truthfully stated that three people in Sichuan died from the massacre of thieves, two from the looting of Huang Huang, another two because of chaos, two from starvation, and one. Then die of disease.

Among those who died in recent years in central Sichuan, three out of ten were killed by Zhang Xianzhong's army, and another two out of ten were killed by yellow bandits. The rest were suicides and massacres due to war and famine. Wait.

This is relatively reliable.

Among them, the yellow thieves, second only to Zhang Xianzhong, are the largest group of thieves and bandits in central Sichuan. They can't get food, so they eat people directly, and they are called local thugs by Sichuan people.

Wherever these people passed by, there was absolutely no human habitation, and the people in central Sichuan were afraid that the mob would overtake Zhang Xianzhong.

However, at this time the Qing army has not yet entered Sichuan, and the Western Army has not yet been defeated, so the situation is relatively better. In the past few years in history, Zhang Xianzhong first defeated the Ming army in Sichuan and the armed forces of the landlords, and then the Qing army defeated the Western Army. , killed Zhang Xianzhong, the Western Army was defeated, fled all the way south, and defeated the Ming Army repeatedly on the way to escape, and the three armies fought in chaos in Sichuan.

As a result, the fields in central Sichuan were barren, and the people's rations were all taken away. The long-term chaos caused even the Qing army who entered Sichuan later to grab food and eat wild vegetables.

Ma Huabao, the chief soldier, made it very clear to the Tang newspaper of the Qing court that anyone who caught a thief would be punished by order.

As an occupying army, the Qing army still had difficulty guaranteeing the rations of the officers and soldiers, and could only eat wild grasses and vegetables and some bark.

It can be seen to what extent the famine and food shortages reached at that time, and the people were even more insecure. The order in central Sichuan was completely out of control, and the people were fleeing.

Even in the early days of Shunzhi, the population in central Sichuan continued to plummet. Most died of war, and many died of starvation and disease. Specialized human trafficking appeared in various places.

The history of this plane has changed slightly.

Because the Chuanzhong Ming army was restrained by Zhu Yihai, the Chuanzhong Ming army gathered together earlier than before, and also recovered many of the land occupied by Zhang Xianzhong earlier and faster than before.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was only in five mansions. Even because of Zhu Yihai's prestige, Zhang Xianzhong started a truce with the Ming army to negotiate a peace. Even the Ming army in central Sichuan has reduced a lot of internal strife and much better military discipline than in the original time and space.

In addition, the yellow thieves and others were also heavily encircled and attacked by the Ming army, causing much less damage.

In addition, He Zhen also fought several fewer battles with the Western Army, and the Qing Army has not yet entered Sichuan, and the Ming Army has not been defeated. day.

But even so, Zhang Xianzhong is still the Eight Great Kings and the Great Western Emperor. Although this man hasn't killed a million people, quite a few died under his hands.

Just like after he captured Chongqing by blasting the city wall with gunpowder, he chopped off an arm of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty who were captured, and then let it go, so tens of thousands of one-armed men appeared in Sichuan.

Later, after conquering Chengdu, they saw the collection of sapphire human skins in the gate tower of Chengdu, so they began to resume this torture in Chengdu.

In Li Zicheng's later period, at any rate, he was more restrained, but Zhang Xianzhong was still killing people like hemp.

Will he voluntarily abdicate?
Willing to go to a wild place like Yunnan to become king?
Moreover, would that great son of heaven really be willing to accept the surrender of such a person and let him go to Yunnan?
Tu Guobao expressed serious doubts.

However, whether it was a real surrender or a fake surrender, Zhang Xianzhong's appeasement still shows that Zhu Yihai is indeed very good now, and Emperor Daxi, who is far away in the middle of Sichuan, has to back down by three points.

"It's changed!"

"Uncle, when are we going to attack Kangkala?" Yang Guohai approached and asked, "As long as you give an order, I will take it immediately."

He chuckled, "Recently, I have dug a few tunnels quietly leading to Mancheng, and I know the deployment inside very well."

Tu Guobao took a sip of his wine, "Wait for the order."

The defeat and death of Zhumala in Hangzhou dispelled Tu Guobao's last sliver of luck, and made him understand that Jiangnan was about to change completely.

He also doesn't know what to do in the future.

Now in Suzhou City, the sky has changed a long time ago.

His 1 troops guarded the outer city. During this period of time, one hundred people mixed in today and two hundred people tomorrow, and they had unknowingly mixed into several battalions of the Ming army, and they were all deployed in several key places, not only the city gates, warehouses , Even the gunpowder depot and his governor's office have Ming troops stationed there.

In his family camp, there is a Ming army mixed in, and there is a Ming army always accompanying him.

The Ming army really wants to take Suzhou, or even Manchuria, and destroy Kangkala's one thousand and eight, at any time.But they remained silent, and Tu Guobao knew that they were waiting for several other places.

Now that Zhumala in Hangzhou was defeated and died, it is estimated that Songjiang's Hetuo should be about the same.

This is the next step.

"According to the time, Hetuo should be here soon. I guess he will never reach Suzhou City." Tu Guobao sighed.

Zhumala was only one step away from Jiangning. He was defeated and died, or died in the hands of Zheng Jiwu, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, Chaoyong Gong. Then Hetuo from Songjiang probably died in the same way.

The prefect of Songjiang is Yan Wogong's son. Not long ago, he was promoted to sub-inspector Su Songtai Road and Military Preparation Road. Several green battalions stationed in Songjiang were also recruited by Yan Wogong.

In addition, Zhu Dagang, the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou, also led an army to Songjiang.

Since Yan Wogong and Zheng Jiwu are both members of the Ming Emperor, let alone Yan Wogong's son and Zheng Jiwu's brother-in-law Zhu Dagang.

"Up to now, I still can't believe these facts. Who would have thought that Lord Yan was King Lu's man from the beginning, and Li Yuchun was probably on the way when he left Hangzhou to suppress the Haining rebellion. It became clear.

This Emperor Ming is really unfathomable, the grass snake gray line, crouching for thousands of miles. "

"Report!"

"Report, military gate, military situation in the south."

General Cao Hu rushed in, "Hetuo was defeated in Jiading."

Tu Guobao was not surprised at all, "Do you know the details?"

Starting from Songjiang, Hetuo led his headquarters to garrison the Eight Banners of Songjiang with 5000 troops, plus 1 troops from Songjiang Daobiao and Xiezhen, and [-] troops from Hangzhou General Zhu Dagang, a total of [-] troops went north to Suzhou.

There were also constant attacks along the way. Zhu Dagang and other green battalion generals showed bravery and repelled the incoming soldiers time and time again, but when they arrived in Jiading, they went to the city for the night, but in the middle of the night, Zhu Dagang and others closed the city gate and started to attack. The raid on the Eight Banners.

Close the door and beat the dog, catch the turtle in the urn.

Moreover, it was far more than the [-] green battalions who were attacking them. A steady stream of Ming troops poured in from all directions, and even the elite troops from the right wing of the Ming Imperial Battalion who were supposed to besiege the city in Suzhou.

Although Hetuo led his troops to resist stubbornly, he fought fiercely for three days, but was still outnumbered. He was finally wiped out in Jiading City, and all the hundreds of wounded soldiers who surrendered were all slaughtered.

"Is there not one left?"

"He Tuo and his two thousand and five Songjiang garrisoned the Eight Banners, and they all died."

Tu Guobao got up, "Let's go, go and announce the joy to Jingnanhou and Shen Fuxian!"

(End of this chapter)