national surname chiming

Chapter 307

On the fifth day of April, the temporary shogunate in Chongqing City was festively decorated with lanterns and festoons.

After the eunuch Wang finished reading out the decree, he handed over the imperial decree to Zhu Shuren, and also restored the friendliness of friends reminiscing about the past, and congratulated:
"Congratulations to Lord Guoxing for being promoted to governor of Huguang. He became the governor at the age of 24. He is indeed my No. 260 in the 1 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In this autumn of national calamity, Lord Guoxing must be able to understand your majesty's good intentions. "

"Your Majesty will surely live up to His Majesty's grace, wipe out the thieves, punish riots internally, and build slaves externally. The current rebellion will definitely allow him to give the head quickly within a month or so."

Zhu Shuren accepted the order respectfully, and then bowed his hands in the northeast direction, with a solemn and upright face.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Shuren discussed with Wang Gonggong again: "Eunuch, since His Majesty has promoted me to be the governor, I am in a hurry to exercise the right to pursue the enemy across the border, so there is nothing wrong with it, right?
Coincidentally, this rebellious army is now surrounded by Chengdu, and it is only short of the final blow, but there are hundreds of thousands of bandits, and they always feel uneasy if they don't come to supervise the decisive battle in person. "

Wang Gonggong hesitated for a while, but still said: "Our family doesn't know much about these things, but according to the court's law, this matter must be what should be done. I will be out, and I will ask Guo Xingye to judge and punish myself."

Everyone knew that Zhu Shuren was still reluctant to personally command Zhang Xianzhong's final blow.It would be a pity not to participate in such a grand event.Otherwise, there will be a little lack of confidence in the future when he becomes a duke.

Perhaps Chongzhen was afraid that he would not be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and thought of letting others share some of Zhu Shuren's credit, but now it is the 16th year of Chongzhen in April, how can he still have the ability to micromanage the front line across half of the Ming territory?

Speaking of this, Zhu Shuren actually has all the powers of the front line to hunt for thieves.

The people around waited for them to finish talking before they came over to congratulate him and wish him double happiness—today is not only his promotion day, but also his wedding day. .

It's just that most of the generals, the governor of Sichuan, and the Bingbei Dao are on the front line. In this Chongqing city, except for Zhu Shuren himself, the highest official position is only at the prefect level, which looks a bit shabby.

The people didn't dare to delay him too much. After congratulating him, they didn't even dare to talk about the wedding wine, they only said that they would not disturb the governor's happy day.

In the end, it was Zhu Shuren who took the initiative to invite everyone to drink together for three rounds during the luncheon.

Who made his wedding, most of the ceremonies have already been completed in Hefei, strictly speaking, when he arrived in Chongqing, he just made up a couple's worship.

……

Since there is no one in Chongqing who is older than him, not even one who is barely on the same level as him, there is no need for Zhu Shuren to waste too much time on courtesies.

How much entertainment do you have with your subordinates?

After spending half a day dealing with the external affairs, Zhu Shuren returned to the mansion in the afternoon, and completed the rest of the etiquette in private with only his relatives, friends and confidante.

Zhu Shuren had to take his newlywed wife Zhu Yuchan to kowtow to his stepmother Xu. Zhu Shuren himself did not appear in the high hall in Hefei, and the "feudal etiquette" of this link cannot be avoided.

Then there is the couple's worship.

The conscience of heaven and earth, before this, the number of times Zhu Shuren and Zhu Yuchan met did not exceed five times in total, and the number of people who were able to chat with each other in depth was at most three times.

But these days, men and women who haven't seen each other before marriage are caught a lot, and their situation is nothing.

As far as Zhu Yuchan was concerned, she had nothing to be reconciled to, because the palace had been tightly controlled since she was a child, and she had hardly seen any men other than her father, and seeing Zhu Shuren three or five times was considered too much.I also feel that I am very lucky. I have only met such a few men, and I can meet a man who is worthy of me, who looks pleasing to the eye in all aspects, and is very powerful.

Back in the inner house, the husband and wife had a drink together, Zhu Yuchan was a little embarrassed at first, but was soon teased by Zhu Shuren to open her heart.Zhu Shuren also inevitably asked four maids to come over to serve Zhu Yuchan with vegetables and juice, and also took the opportunity to have a showdown to get acquainted.

Zhu Yuchan has little experience, when she saw Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, Bian Yujing, she was surprised at the other party's beauty for a moment, and was speechless.

"Husband... how can your Shen family be so rich, and the maids around you can... the sisters are really beautiful."

Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly bowed down: "Slaves and maidservants come from humble backgrounds, how dare they be called sisters by the princess, and they will continue to serve the princess in the future. It is a fluke not to be replaced, and I dare not think otherwise."

However, Zhu Shuren didn't want his woman to be too wronged, so he directly pointed out to Zhu Yuchan: "Don't blame me, my wife. After all, my husband is already twenty-four years old. I haven't married until now. It's also because I have been an official for five years. I have spent my time in military affairs. It can't rest for a year. However, there will always be a few concubines around, and I hope Madam can allow them to live in harmony."

"I said this as soon as I entered the door. Since I was a child, no one divided or snatched what I wanted." Zhu Yuchan was a little dazed, and said something angrily, and shed tears unconsciously.

It's not that she has deep feelings for Zhu Shuren or is jealous, it's just that she has been pampered and coaxed since she was a child, and she can't bear to share what she wants with others.

Fortunately, she also knew about the Shen family's situation in advance. When King Lu discussed with Zhu Shuren, he had already known about it and told his daughter about it.It was only at the end of the day that Zhu Yuchan realized that these concubines around Zhu Shuren were so beautiful, which made her quite unwilling.

Fortunately, people like Chen Yuanyuan also have high emotional intelligence. Just a little observation, they can roughly see through the mentality of the little princess, so he hurriedly said something nice:
"How dare a servant girl share His Highness's love? We are all here to serve His Highness. From now on, we will all be His Highness's private property. We also expect to have a few sisters who are born as court ladies to teach us how to be decent."

Originally, Zhu Yuchan was just angry that she wanted to share with others, but after hearing this, she suddenly felt that her situation was different.

Those beauties themselves are the servants around her, so there is nothing to share or not to share.From this point of view, I feel that Chen Yuanyuan and the others are almost like trial marriage court ladies.

In ancient times, when princesses and princesses got married, they sometimes wanted to be prudent to see if the man could do it, and sometimes they would send some humble maids to try.

It's just that these maids are usually the servants of the princess and princess, and they can't be too close to be favored.

Otherwise, if the prospective son-in-law fails, the princess's most useful maid will be defiled, and the princess's face will not be saved, and she will not be able to swallow this regret even if she wants to go back on her word.Therefore, the maids who were finally sent were all averagely valued, and they would not feel too sorry to lose the princess, at least they would not be regarded as girlfriends.

Chen Yuanyuan and the others lowered their identities, and with the introduction first, they were finally coaxed temporarily.

That night Zhu Shuren and his new wife had their own teachings, so there is no need to repeat them.

(The little princess is needed by blood, so I won’t write more, after all, it’s a tool person)

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There is nothing a man who has been familiar with for five or six years can't deal with a girl who is just sixteen or seventeen years old.The next morning, Zhu Yuchan's brows were full of spring, she tidied herself up submissively, and she was convinced from the inside out.

The four of them, Chen Yuanyuan and the others, had also been waiting outside. When the princess got up, they came in to watch, wait, change and wash.
It made the maids brought by Zhu Yuchan's dowry a little uncomfortable, but they didn't fight, and they all got the care of the master in advance, so that they wouldn't make trouble.

Zhu Shuren saw everything in his eyes and was quite satisfied with everything in front of him.The reason why he was eager to bridge the potential friction between Zhu Yuchan and Chen Yuanyuan's daughters was also because he himself was about to go to war, and he didn't want to cause trouble in the back house.

Zhu Yuchan changed into the bride's embroidered silk silk attire, and Chen Yuanyuan helped her tidy up her hair. The double-ringed bun she had never had before leaving the pavilion was changed into an upturned bun. It was as simple as possible, and it also avoided too much change in the coiled hair, which would cause damage to the hair quality. Impact.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Shuren was very satisfied, and while the iron was hot, he stroked Zhu Yuchan's hair and said a few words: "I'm going to lead soldiers to Jianzhou in a few days, my lady won't blame my husband for arranging the consummation house before the expedition."

Zhu Yuchan blushed, turned around and snuggled into his arms: "What are you talking about, be careful outside, don't think about these things. After the worship in Hefei, the concubine is already a husband, so there is no difference between sooner and later. "

It seems that although she is not a time traveler and has never heard of the stalk of "going back to her hometown to get married after this battle", the ancient girl seems to have an intuition long ago, knowing that this kind of discussion is unlucky.

Seeing that he had succeeded, Zhu Shuren also struck while the iron was hot, while admitting that he had really been a little too serious. He shouldn't have asked Chen Yuanyuan and the others to visit her as soon as Zhu Yuchan entered the door yesterday.But it's also for the sake of Zhu Yuchan's being able to have a few sincere people who can talk to her and live in harmony together when she leaves, so that she won't travel thousands of miles away from unfamiliar places and feel depressed.

Zhu Yuchan was finally completely relieved, and said that she would take good care of her sisters in life.

Zhu Shuren dealt with the affairs of the back house for a while, and soon another maid came in outside to announce that there was a military staff member who came back from the front to ask for an interview, and it seemed that there was news about the war.

Zhu Shuren quickly comforted his new wife, and then went to deal with military affairs.

Zhu Yuchan looked at his back, and the original resentment had completely dissipated, leaving only worry and apprehension.

"Young Master is a person who does great things, and the Princess will know about it later." Chen Yuanyuan and others quickly helped explain.

……

After some twists and turns, Zhu Shuren met Gu Yanwu, an aide who had just rushed back from the front line in Chengdu and exchanged information.

In fact, Gu Yanwu was nothing serious. This kind of notification was routinely kept with Zhu Shuren by Zhang Huangyan and Fang Kongxuan every half a month.

When I came back this time, I also asked for instructions on the rhythm of the decisive battle. I wanted to know whether Zhu Shuren's deployment of "the imperial court will send another army northward to Hanzhong to block the Jinniu Road" that Zhu Shuren had been saying all along was in place.

In addition, it is to report to Zhu Shuren the latest developments of Sun Kewang's department.

It was only after Gu Yanwu arrived in Chongqing that he heard that Dong Weng had been promoted to governor and had just been granted a marriage, so he hurriedly congratulated him.

Zhu Shuren waved his hand: "Excuse me, these are meaningless, let's get down to business, what happened to Sun Kewang?"

Gu Yanwu: "That happened seven days ago. Sun Kewang secretly abandoned Emei County and Jiajiang County and fled along Qingyi River (Dadu River). It is said that he went to Yazhou Prefecture (Ya'an). Two days later, Zhang Daotai stayed in Leshan. It was only after he discovered this that his Pianshi chased after him and recovered the second county.

After the investigation, it was found that Sun Kewang had taken away most of the stored grain and treasury money, but he did not burn down the houses and destroy all the grain. It may be that some heavy objects could not be lifted, and there were some bad grains left.

Zhang Daotai pondered, it seems that Sun Kewang understood our sincerity from our previous countermeasures, so he also wanted to test it out to see if he could let him live. "

Zhu Shuren was quite happy when he heard this, but then he felt a little regretful: "This is a good thing, did my cousin spread the word that Sun Kewang betrayed Zhang Xianzhong?"

Gu Yanwu: "No, Zhang Daotai said that the key to the art of war is to promote rebellion when there is no rebellion. You should make a big fanfare and use fake books. And if you really rebel, you should keep it secret. How can the so-called betrayal of the master be fixed? Can you keep it for one more day?" One day, on the eve of the decisive battle, it’s not too late to spread it.”

When Zhu Shuren heard this, his eyes lit up completely, and the regret just now was completely restrained.

This cousin of mine does have something, so he will adapt to the situation like this.

Manipulating morale during a war is actually a bit like playing a game. Those DEBUFFs that lower the morale of the enemy should be saved as much as possible. Only when they burst out at the door can they destroy the morale of the opponent in one breath.

If it's the same as fueling tactics, spreading one occasionally, isn't that an opportunity for the opposing commander to "use morale boosting skills".

Morale is such an illusory thing, the most valuable thing is to set fire in one breath and kill it in seconds, but you can't allow the other party to slowly milk it.

"Good job! That's how it should be." Zhu Shuren heaved a sigh of relief and quickly ordered,
"Sun Kewang's ability to not burn Emei and Jiajiang should be because he understands our army's overtures. If he can really draw a clear line with Zhang Ni, it's okay to let him live for the time being. By the way, after he retreats to Yazhou, the specific How is the move? Is there any further damage to the scourge?"

Gu Yanwu: "Time was short, Zhang Daotai only observed for two days, and sent troops to Yazhou to investigate. The Yazhou officials said that when they encountered the Sun thief crossing the border, they guarded the city tightly and did not dare to leave, so they let the sun thief pass.

The thief Sun went to the Anfu Division of Lizhou and the Daduhe Office in the south, only to hear that there were local chieftains who didn't know how powerful the bandits were, so they fought with them, and after Sun Kewang broke through and ransacked them, he continued to flee. "

Zhu Shuren thought for a while, and it seemed that Sun Kewang had estimated a measure of survival by himself. At least he felt that by doing so, he should be able to survive in the future.

Therefore, he chose a place controlled by the state government, and he did not dare to attack the city ruled by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, so as not to form a new enmity and attract Zhang Huangyan's endless pursuit.

But Sun Kewang's troops must raise food and eat, so it is impossible to be completely innocent.He only dared to go to those chieftain tribes in Daliang Mountain who hadn't changed their lands and tried to find a way to get votes——

Sun Kewang used this trick very skillfully, because when Zhang Xianzhong was compressed in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Kewang obtained supplies by dealing with Shizhou Wei and those Hmong native chieftains who had not changed their lands in western Hunan.The disadvantage of this is that the casualties on both sides will be relatively large, and the natives are more brave and unwilling to be robbed.The advantage is that it will not further offend the Han government.

Zhu Shuren was very satisfied with the result, and said that he would set off for the army tomorrow.At the same time, Cao Bianjiao's team should arrive in Hanzhong in a few days. According to Wang Gonggong, the order to promote Zhu Shuren and the order to move Cao Bianjiao left Beijing at about the same time.

Zhu Shuren would naturally count the days when the envoy was on the way and the time when the army would depart, so he knew that Cao Bianjiao was coming soon.

……

That night, Zhu Shuren made up for his newlywed wife for another night. On the morning of the seventh day of April, he put on a boat and personally led the follow-up reinforcements of nearly [-] people to Chengdu.

The 1 reinforcements were also newly transferred from Huguang.

It was Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang and the military affairs officer of Hubei, who met the prince who came to Wuchang to wait for the announcement, and learned from him that Zhu Shuren had been promoted to the governor, and that he might launch the final blow against Zhang Xianzhong, and then made preparations immediately.When Wang Gonggong set off for Sichuan, this army could not only escort him, but also take part in the follow-up battle by the way.

In fact, Huguang does not lack troops. Most of the troops that participated in the Kaifeng battle last year are resting and recovering this spring.It has been a quarter of rest, and of course we can re-raise a team with sufficient combat effectiveness as reinforcements for Sichuan.

Moreover, they can also bring a batch of munitions produced by the Daye Iron Ore Plant this spring, allowing the officers and troops entering Sichuan to increase the effective output of thousands of muskets.

Before Zhu Shuren set off, Zhu Yuchan was naturally a little reconciled, and wanted to play a little bit of temper, and secretly went with the boat together, saying that anyway, he was taking a boat and would not show his face in public.

Zhu Shuren had no choice but to enlighten his ignorant little wife earnestly: "This is not a matter of publicity, but of military discipline! Since ancient times, there has been no concern about being few but uneven. Naturally, everyone in the army cannot bring female relatives. As a commander, you must lead by example!
Not to mention that it was just the governor's expedition, but in the battle of Tumubao, Yingzong's imperial driver went to the expedition, can he bring his female relatives?Not the same can not.Don't worry, I'll be back in a month or so at the earliest. "

It's not that Zhu Yuchan is unreasonable, it's just that she doesn't know much. After Zhu Shuren explained it clearly to her, she accepted it.

After another seven or eight days of marching, on April [-]th, Zhu Shuren finally arrived at the front line of Longquanyi.

Qin Liangyu and Fang Guoan, led by Fang Kongxuan, were also very upbeat. Before Zhu Shuren arrived, they had already occupied Longquanyi and broke through the defense line of Zhang Xianzhong's army relying on Longquanling.

Because of the fall of Longquanyi, Zhang Xianzhong's army located at Xinjindu on the Minjiang River further south also had to give up the defense of the ferry because the flanks were too exposed and the risk was too great.

Zhang Huangyan and Liu Guoneng's water army had also successfully joined forces with Fang Kongxuan and Qin Liangyu across the board, completely blocking all possibilities for Zhang Xianzhong to flee in three directions.

It can only be said that because Zhang Xianzhong was greedy for the prosperity and prosperity of the Land of Abundance in Chengdu, and the beauties were like clouds, he was really reluctant to give up the city before the government and army attacked the city with all their strength. All of this caused his tragedy.

But this cannot be blamed on Zhang Xianzhong. When he was in Changsha and Hengzhou, the wealth and prosperity of those places were far inferior to Chengdu.
They are very clear that if they withdraw directly, the tens of thousands of people who have finally pulled together temporarily will also be dispersed.That being the case, it is better to have a bloody fight with the government and the army. Both sides will die tens of thousands of 10+ people, and then withdraw. It is better than throwing away without exchanging anything.

Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli did not persuade him to leave early. Losing tens of thousands of people would only increase the casualties. It was unnecessary.

On the morning of April [-]th, Zhu Shuren personally marched to the city of Chengdu under the guard of the generals.

Of course Zhu Shuren himself needs several layers of iron shields to guard him, and he is at least one mile away from the city.
Even if the thieves had the Frang machine, they would not be able to reach that far, but it was impossible for the thieves to have the Hongyi cannon.

It was at this moment that Zhu Shu allowed the scolding fighters to use their final trump card:

"Zhang Xianzhong, you bastard! The imperial court has sent Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Shanxi, into Hanzhong to occupy the Jinniu Road. After the city of Chengdu is destroyed, you have nowhere to escape! Even if Mianzhu and Jianmen are still in your hands, it is useless up!
His Majesty was worried about making troubles ahead of time, so he was not in a hurry to regain Mianzhu and Jianmen!You have been tricked!Except for Zhang Xianzhong, the rest of the survivors will not die!Those who kill the boss and surrender will be exonerated!No matter how stubborn we are, we will attack the city! "

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Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, Zhang Xianzhong will be finished.The most painful writing should be over.The main reason is not to let Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo become Lu Bu through and through, but also to keep them alive without letting them hold grudges. This is really difficult.

In the end, it may not be handled too smoothly, and there may be a little bit of unreality, especially in the handling of character relationships. Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)