Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 143

Outside the city of Chengdu, flags were flying, and the flag of the Scarlet Blood Sword was dazzling and murderous.

While the city is full of wailing, the Shu Palace has experienced Bashu for nearly 300 years. It has not experienced major twists and turns, and has accumulated a lot of wealth and land. In an exquisite courtyard, pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water are properly arranged and elegant.A graceful figure walked out gracefully, growing lotuses every step of the way.

The name Zhu Pingnan is slightly neutral, but she is a woman. Zhu Zhishu, king of Shu, named her in the hope of getting a son, but gave birth to a daughter instead.

This Zhu Pingnan was beautiful and intelligent since she was a child, but her personality was a bit weird like a boy's. Now that the red-clothed army is approaching the city, she really wanted to lead the army to attack the red-clothed army, but she didn't expect to be attacked by her father. Zhu Zhishu confined himself to his home, left the pavilion and attic, and went to the barracks of his female soldiers.

Looking at the female soldiers training with a smile, instead of a trace of sadness on her face, she was delighted, and said loudly: "Do you know? The Red Army is here, General Qin is here, and Huguang soldiers are here. The red-clothed army is defeated, let my father know how powerful we are, then I will be in charge of the guards of the King of Shu, and the red-clothed army will be nothing to fear."

On the attic in the distance, Zhu Zhishu, the King of Shu, was wearing a vermilion python robe, looking deeply at his precious daughter, watching her tossing, his eyes were full of kindness. Although the King of Shu was rich, he had no intention of rebelling against her. At this time, the red-clothed soldiers surrounded Chengdu. Facing this almost invincible army, he felt very frightened, and wanted to call for the princess immediately. Sent away overnight.

At this time, the Chengdu Mansion is like a big quagmire. Once the Chengdu Mansion is broken, the whole of Sichuan will fall. At that time, the Red Army will be entrenched in Sichuan, gazing at the Central Plains, and the world will be in danger. Under the red-clothed army's long sword, the officials of the court and the central government had to temporarily withdraw from the vortex in the court to deal with the red-clothed army with all their strength.

And the riots in Fengtian Palace, and the matter of Empress Zhou angrily beheading all the officials also quietly ran aground along with it.The entire imperial court was united, and almost forgot about the peasant army that was wreaking havoc in the Central Plains, and went all out to deal with the red-clothed thieves.

The Guan Ning cavalry was transferred back to the outside of the pass. Although the Guan Ning cavalry is strong in the land of Sichuan, it is not suitable for cavalry to fight because of the mountains and rivers. The Guan Ning cavalry has been severely injured after being fought by the red army, so they dare not enter Sichuan again. Fight, and be wasted at will.

This time the imperial court intends to let the red-clothed army settle down in Sichuan, and invited the veteran Sun Chengzong, who served as the former official as the young teacher and the prince's grand teacher, the minister of the official department, the scholar reform of Zhongjidian and the minister of the military department, and the governor of the five provinces. The imperial gift of Shangfang Sword has unprecedented power.

Sun Chengzong is also rushing to Sichuan with people, planning to fight the red army.

Most of the people capable of fighting in the Ming Dynasty were transferred here. Zhu Gan looked at the envelope in his hand and was a little lost. If we say that the greatest threat is Sun Chengzong, who bears the brunt of it, this man's military talent is too high. Can't be overrated.

Once again, it should be the Huguang soldiers led by Li Mingyang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Li Mingyang has strong financial resources, and he also works as a man. He never cares about the consequences. Once he goes crazy, he may be very dangerous.

And Qin Liangyu, who was eager to rush to Sichuan, seemed to be the most dangerous variable in this war. Zhu Gan couldn't understand why she suddenly stopped to garrison troops, maybe there was something else wrong!

"Report, my lord, all the accounts of the Wang family have been checked out, a total of 10 taels of gold, 70 taels of silver, and countless jewelry." A soldier walked in, knelt on one knee, and said with crossed hands.

Zhu Gan nodded, waved his hand and said: "Okay, send these two letters to Yu Song and Gao Qiang respectively, that's it, go down! Let them prepare their horses, I will leave here immediately."

Facing these fierce men, Zhu Gan didn't dare to stay here any longer. He needed to go to the front line in person and win the Chengdu Mansion as soon as possible.

It is said that Zhu Gan went to Chengdu, and then the two letters were delivered to Gao Qiang and Yu Song respectively. After reading the letters, they pondered for a while, then set off and acted according to the orders from above, but their faces were ugly. It's unknown how much blood will be stained on the hands of the two of them once.

The mountain city of Chongqing is surrounded by mountains and rivers. At this time, the Yangtze River is still clear, and the surrounding forests are still green. A group of people walked among the mountains and forests, looking at the forts on the cliffs in the distance, and hid themselves in silence. The person in the lead whispered : "This road can be regarded as the shortest trail. As long as we start at that time and lead our troops to walk here quickly and go up to hide from the fort, we can never go wrong in this business!"

"If the fort has been controlled by the red-clothed thieves, although we have captured Chongqing City, if they bombard the city with cannons from above, we will be the turtles in the urn!"

Another person patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, everyone! I will leave this matter to me, Old Xu. I, Xu Chengming, have no other skills, but my ability to shoot guns is first-rate! Hahaha! Hahaha!"

The others were not in the mood to laugh, and all of them had ugly faces. It was obvious that they were at a critical moment and their hearts were tense, but they were not as relaxed as him.

The person who spoke first said in a low and hoarse voice, "It's just us brothers here today, so I might as well start talking! Hehe, the second general has already led the troops to Chongqing, and the time left for us to prepare is over. Not much more, those who cannot be contacted and cannot be trusted, don't risk contacting now."

"What, heh, the second general is back." Hearing this news suddenly, everyone's first reaction was whether the matter of their mutiny had been leaked. Otherwise, why would Zhu Qian's second general lead the troops to Chongqing without warning? , but then they vetoed it again. After all, this is a matter of hanging their heads. They are not sloppy. They have always been in contact with those who are the most confidant. What's more, those people only know that they are going to do a big thing, and they don't know what it is. .

"We are not fully prepared for this matter. Why don't we continue to lurk and look for other opportunities. As long as we have soldiers in our hands, we are afraid of it!" One person showed timidity and whispered.

"Hmph! There's still a fart soldier. I'm afraid that in a few days, those Qiuba and military households under our command will completely become red-clothed thieves. If they want to rebel at that time, no one will follow." One person He said angrily, the change of the Red Army was too drastic, especially for some of the centurions under his command, who were pretending every day, which made them look very unhappy.

Working for the imperial court is not so hard, and they are at the lower level to eat and live with the soldiers. This is not to let them be officials and fight wars, it is simply to let them be servants and housekeepers for those poor soldiers.

"In my opinion, this matter has to be discussed in a long-term way. Although Qin Liangcheng agreed wholeheartedly, I still can't see through his heart. This person is too scheming, and I feel very dangerous." The leader was silent for a long time, and suddenly said faintly .

"This is deeply in my heart, go back and discuss it carefully." Everyone said in unison, and it was rare to reach an agreement at this time.

In Chongqing City, Qin Liangcheng was barely able to get down to the ground, but he was lying on the bed all the time, without moving too much, and he didn't know if he was worried about the massacre of the city, or he was worried about the stick responsibility.

There was a light rain falling from the sky, pattering on the window, but Qin Liangcheng suddenly opened his eyes, and suddenly woke up from the dream. In the dream, his old father had a painful expression on his face and asked Qin Liangcheng why he didn't avenge him. Then it changed again, turning into familiar faces one by one, and the bits and pieces of life in my hometown also jumped into my mind.

"Good shit! Third Uncle has some fennel beans here, I want to try some..." A middle-aged drunk man crookedly held a small plate, only a few beans marinated in sauce remained on the empty plate, When I was a child, I would happily take it, and then taste it slowly one by one, and I could eat each one for a long time. At that time, I was innocent and ignorant.

"Liang boy, take out the shit, your parents want you to die..." A group of brats sang their nicknames, mocking Qin Liangcheng cursingly, and whenever this happened, Qin Liangcheng would show his power, regardless of How many people are in this group of children, how strong is the leader, and even if they are injured, they must regain their face.

All kinds of childhood, now everything has become a memory, there was warmth, there was anger, and the guilt of his father's death rushed up in his heart, making Qin Liangcheng miserable. It turned out that the anger was towards himself, and the initiator of all this was still Own.

A bitter smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. Qin Liangcheng gently stroked the wound on his back. The lesson he learned this time was profound enough to almost cripple him. Donate blood and bear the sins of the whole life, how to get rid of and wash away the sins.”