Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 355 Capture Hong Chengchou Alive

The capital of Daxi Kingdom is also the later Chengdu City of Sichuan Province, which is the imperial capital that Zhang Xianzhong had just established.

Now Zhang Xianzhong is pushing the trolley up the wall—shaking (steeply) up, also wearing a dragon robe, wearing a dragon crown, Sangong and Six Courtyards, palace ladies and eunuchs in groups, left and right prime ministers, civil and military officials, and shouting long live .

Zhang Xianzhong sat down on the dragon chair, holding the jade seal in his hand. He had completely found the feeling of being an emperor, as if he was really a real dragon who ruled the world. It's hard to describe that feeling without personal experience.

However, compared to Daming, or to the entire history, his dragon chair and jade seal are fakes.

In this regard, he is not quite the same as Li Zicheng's dragon chair and jade seal. Although Li Zicheng's control is only a small area, the territory of Shaanxi Province is not as large as that of Sichuan Province.

But at least Li Zicheng entered Beijing, sat on the orthodox dragon chair, and took the orthodox jade seal. Emperor Chongzhen was forced to commit suicide. The special status ingeniously achieved a smooth transition, and the Ming Dynasty completed its 276-year history.

In the future, Zhu Yousong, the king of Xiaofu, will rule the world in Nanjing, and he will become Nanming.Strictly speaking, it is different from the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang in history.

Just like the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty was only half of the country, not a unified world, and it was located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it did not exist for a long time.Although the entire Nanming has gone through 40 years, she has gone through four emperors and one prison country, and all of them are as short-lived as a flash in the pan.

Historically, Li Zicheng's invasion of Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen's hanging were regarded as the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the entry of the Qing Dynasty into the Central Plains in the same year was regarded as the beginning of the Manchu Manchus ruling the world.This is a change of dynasty.Although this period in Nanning was also an important period in history, it was at most a troubled time, a process in which the Qing Dynasty eliminated the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and ruled the Han people.

Just like the Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, or the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, they cannot be regarded as a complete and unified Jiangshan Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Zicheng just overthrew Daming, and he, the Emperor of Dashun, was more or less on the side of the real dragon emperor.

And Zhang Xianzhong's dragon chair and jade seal are basically imitations, and the imperial capital is also designed by himself, which means that one is genuine, one is pirated, one is original from a regular manufacturer, and the other is a counterfeit version or street stall.

The difference is of course very big, just like the difference between genuine and pirated copies.

Because the Ming Dynasty was a unified dynasty for more than 200 years, the Ming Dynasty has not perished now.Because of Ji Dong's crossing, there was at most a high-level earthquake in the Ming Dynasty, and now a smooth transition has been achieved.Under the supervision of Lin Yi, the Ming Dynasty is still a unified dynasty.

In the official history, there are no two emperors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Li Zicheng was the emperor in Beijing for a day, and he ran away in a hurry before his butt warmed up. There is no essential difference between the king of the mountain and the emperor of the land ruled by warlords.

But despite this, Zhang Xianzhong also felt quite satisfied, no matter whether his emperor was real or not, as long as it worked in his own imperial capital.

Moreover, he was no longer driven to nowhere by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to sleep out in the mountains and forests without daring to show his face in public. Now he can also go to the so-called dragon chair and work in a dignified manner.

On this day Zhang Xianzhong received a memorial from the former enemy.When it was opened, it was written by his godson, Anxi King Li Dingguo of Daxi Kingdom.

Another good news, Zhang Xianzhong was very happy. Since they entered Sichuan for the second time, his Daxi Army has won successive battles, especially Li Dingguo's troops, they are almost invincible, and they have beaten the remnants of the Ming Army away. , is the Great West Country, with hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory.

It can be said that the sphere of influence of Daxi Kingdom is not just Sichuan, but extends to the Qin and Jin lands in the northeast and the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in the southwest. The situation is very good.

Zhang Xianzhong read the letter from beginning to end with a happy face, and couldn't help frowning.

Although this is a good news, but this time is different, Li Zicheng's wife Gao Guiying and think tank Li Yan and others led the remnants to vote?

He took this booklet and read it three times from beginning to end, and then turned around in front of the Longshu table twice. On his yellow face with beards, a pair of contemptuous eyeballs flickered a few times.

Suddenly said in a deep voice: "Come here."

"Your Majesty's servant." The eunuch Zhang hurriedly bowed and saluted with a flick of the fly brush.

"Pass down my will, let the left and right prime ministers come to see me as soon as possible."

"Observe the order." Eunuch Zhang agreed, walked to the entrance of the main hall and rushed outside, shouting in his unique dumb voice, "Your Majesty has an order, and the left and right prime ministers will enter the palace to meet you."

In a short period of time, Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin on the left and Prime Minister Yan Ximing on the right got off the sedan chair at the entrance of the Golden Palace in eight sedan chairs.

When they arrived at the gate of the Golden Palace, the eunuch sent another message inside, and then the two prime ministers of Daxi Kingdom entered the main hall, knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Xianzhong on the dragon chair, and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"You two gentlemen, please be free from courtesy." Zhang Xianzhong sat upright, making it look like the real thing.

"Thank you, long live." After the two prime ministers paid homage, they stood there in good order, listening to the hadith.

Zhang Xianzhong ordered the eunuch Zhang Yong to pass the notebook to the two of them, and they took turns to watch it.

After the two had finished reading, they looked at each other again, neither of them said anything, and handed the memorial to the eunuch respectfully, and the eunuch handed it to Zhang Xianzhong respectfully, and put it on the Longshu case.

"How do the two Qing family think this matter is decided?"

Wang Zhaolin and Yan Ximing couldn't figure out what Zhang Xianzhong was thinking, but they never dared to talk nonsense, because there was a place in the Golden Palace, and if Zhang Xianzhong was unhappy if he said something wrong, he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor, and he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Might lose my head.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!Don't look at Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor is just a local emperor who controls a piece of land the size of a palm, but this person is from the military and is also the emperor on horseback. If he says to kill them, it will be a turn of events. The left prime minister and the right prime minister are similar to killing two pigs .

So the two of them went through a few quick turns in their minds, and Prime Minister Zuo Wang Zhaolin spoke first.Because the two prime ministers are one on the left and one on the right, of course the left is the top.

Wang Zhaolin said that this was a good thing. Dashun was now destroyed, and the remnants of Li Zicheng defected to them, increasing their strength and expanding their influence.Now the remaining strength of Ming Dynasty is still relatively strong, and Daxi is in the process of employing people.It should be given courtesy and reuse, and it also appears that Daxi Wang accepts talents like a stream, and has the heart of an emperor.But we must be wary that they will not lose their tails. After gaining a firm foothold, they will set up another mountain. Everything depends on the dragon's will.

After Prime Minister Wang finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong asked Prime Minister Yan to speak without saying anything.

Yan Ximing saw that Old Wang was really cunning. He was afraid of making a mistake, so he said something that was either left or right. This guy is really a donkey dung.The prime minister can't talk nonsense, lest he make a mistake and settle accounts after Qiu, this matter really has to be decided by Longyi.

Therefore, Yan Ximing also dragged his words. Although what he and Wang Zhaolin said were different, they were also two words. The two people's opinions were similar.

In fact, what they both said was nonsense.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded after listening, and smiled coldly, "Don't you two see that this is a trap?"

When the two prime ministers heard this, they knelt down with a plop.

"Your Majesty is wise, but my humble minister is stupid, please forgive me."

"Li Zicheng and his Dashun army have already been wiped out, and the rest of them surrendered to Daming. Now they are coming to join me in Daxi. It is clearly a countermeasure."

The two knelt on the ground, rolled their eyes, and instantly understood Zhang Xianzhong's intentions.

Zhang Xianzhong wanted to get rid of the remnants of Li Zicheng, so that he would never suffer from future troubles.

Of course, the two of them will never forget that when Zhang Xianzhong was at the end of his life, he defected to Li Zicheng.Li Zicheng wanted to get rid of Zhang Xianzhong, but it was Cao Cao at the time who made arrangements to allow Zhang Xianzhong to escape.

But 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.Li Zicheng from Tongguan Nanyuan fell into Hong Chengchou's trick, and he had only 18 riders left in that battle and fled to Shangluo Mountain.

During this period, Li Zicheng, who was not in the first place, also came to defect to Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong also held a grudge, so he believed that Pan Duao's plan was to take the opportunity to get rid of Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng would not compete with him for the world in the future.

At the critical moment, Cao Cao leaked the secret again, allowing Li Zicheng to escape.

Since then, the relationship between the two has been knotted.On the surface, they are all rebels, fellow villagers, or two comrades-in-arms under the same flag. Their common enemy is the Ming army. Sometimes they are closer than brothers when they meet, and they have cooperation and division of labor.

But in fact, both of them are calculating each other in their hearts, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong knew that Li Zicheng's wife and these famous generals under him could not really defect to him, and they were not following the same path.

They came here as a temporary refuge, and they took advantage of the big trees to enjoy the shade, and after gaining a firm foothold, they would set up another hill.At that time, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to rule the world, and he had another enemy.

Zhang Xianzhong now said that this was Daming's countermeasure, but it was just an excuse.How could he tell from this letter?And why can't our two prime ministers see it?

Li Zicheng and his Dashun army were wiped out, and the rest surrendered. Are there no remnants who did not surrender?Are there no loyalists of Li Zicheng who want to avenge him?

How did Li Zicheng die?How did his Dashun perish?On the surface, he was caught by the tricks of Wu Sangui and Dorgon, and the entire army was wiped out in the First World War in Shanhaiguan, but if Lin Yi hadn't led the Ming army to drive out his troops in Beijing, if Lin Yi hadn't sent troops to raid Li Zicheng's hometown in Xi'an , can Li Zicheng and his Dashun disappear like lightning?
Gao Guiying, Gao Yigong, Li Yan, and Li Guo were all Li Zicheng's cronies. They burned the Daming Imperial Mausoleum, dug up the ancestral graves of Zhu's family, and cooked and ate Zhu Changxun, the uncle of the Ming Emperor in Luoyang. Now, they invaded Beijing again and forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself. They had a feud with Daming, how could they surrender to Daming?Even if they are desperate and willing to surrender, can the Ming Dynasty tolerate them?

In fact, His Majesty has already come to a conclusion, the reason why he still invites the two of them to discuss the affairs of the country and let them talk nonsense is probably to give people a false impression that they don't want to leave the world with "those who are ignorant, do not miss old feelings, treat friendly soldiers "Hands" to affect his glorious image of the king.

Wang Zhaolin and Yan Xi ordered that the prime minister was not in vain. He had a beautiful mind, a good plan, and did not rub the sand in his eyes. After thinking clearly about these things, he kowtowed immediately.

"Your Majesty has sharp eyes, and I'm far behind. If that's the case, please make an order to kill these daring people."

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong had a grim smile on his face, and immediately picked up the royal brush to brush some points, and wrote a few words on Li Dingguo's memorial: My son Dingguo, Gao Guiying and others are all spies of the Ming Dynasty. If you betrayed Dashun, you will no longer be my friendly army in Daxi. This is Daming's countermeasure, and I ordered my son to eliminate the thieves and do everything possible.

After writing, dry the ink, reseal the paper with tin, sign the words "Top Secret" on the envelope, and send the Chinese army general Wang Shangli's cronies to Junzhou to hand it over to Li Dingguo himself.

After Wang Shangli received the decree, he put the secret letter in his arms, ordered a cavalry, and left Xijing, riding his horse as if flying to Junzhou...

Outside Jinzhou City, in the middle of the night, all the gates of Jinzhou City are wide open. The reason to open all the gates is deceptive. Two groups of people from the north gate and the east gate came out shouting, and two torches lit up under the night sky. There was a long queue.

Hong Chengchou, Azige, Aobai, etc. will not release all the troops at once. The city gate with 2 horses is limited, and the suspension bridge will not be able to squeeze through. Squeeze off.

Therefore, the two groups of people were divided into three batches, with about 3000 people in each batch, and they were released one by one, just like opening a gate to release a flood.

They also knew that those who rushed to the front must be cannon fodder. The 10 troops of the Ming army had been trapped in the city for so many days. How could it be possible for them to break out easily?
Therefore, the main general was at the rear, Hong Chengchou sat firmly in the commander's mansion, and Azig and Obai were not in a hurry to get into the battle first, but listened in the city.

Outside the city, there was a lot of shouting and killing, and the forwards of the two Qing army horses rushed out.

After about half a stick of incense, another wave of Qing soldiers came out from the North Gate and the East Gate. Obai went up to a high place to watch, only to see bursts of flames in the distance, reddening the sky, and the sound of shouts, guns, and screams were indistinguishable.

After about half a stick of incense, Azig and Oboi went out by themselves with the last group of Qing army elite...

"Lord Zhongtang, Prince Ying and Lord Ao have already left the city, we should go too." The deputy general in the commander's mansion reminded Hong Chengchou.

"What are you panicking about? How is the battle ahead?" Hong Chengchou didn't even open his eyelids.

"Returning to my lord, the details are not clear, but with my lord's strategizing, with the prowess of Prince Ying and Lord Ao, and with the bravery of our army, I will surely be able to keep my lord safe and break through the siege. Pack up and go quickly. It will be too late for the Ming army to rush in." .”

"Hey, if the Ming army comes in, we will set off. If the Ming army doesn't come in, we'll wait here." Hong Chengchou sighed.

"No." The lieutenant dared not speak any more.

Although the deputy general didn't quite understand what Hong Chengchou meant, he knew that Hong Chengchou had strategized and won thousands of miles. Otherwise, Huang Taiji would not have paid such a high price to recruit this person, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang would not have put down her airs and personally Feed Hong Chengchou food, showing gentleness, this time he will not be allowed to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, Zuo Jiandu envoy, and let him command the troops and hand over the Ningjin defense line to him, even Prince Azig and Obai Be this person's assistant.

Hong Chengchou still sat there with his eyes closed, just like an old monk meditating.

This time, the more than 1000 generals around him are so anxious that they have all left. Are they still sitting here waiting to die?
It also shows that they will leave after the army invades, and they will not leave until the Ming army invades. After a while, the Ming army will come in, can they leave if they want to?Now all the costs in Jinzhou City have been unlocked, and the Ming army invaded. This is a matter of minutes. Isn't this old man out of his mind?

These generals have whatever they think, but no one dares to say anything more.

But the Ming army never attacked, only heard the roar of killing outside the city, and the sound of cannons.

These soldiers of the Qing army waited and waited, anxious, but they didn't attack the city clearly. They waited until the sky seemed to be dawn, and suddenly someone ran in.

"Master Zhongtang, the Ming army has come in, let's go!"

At this time, all the generals present could hear the shouts of killing getting closer, the sound of running of countless soldiers and horses, the neighing of war horses, the screams of generals, and the occasional sound of muskets, the flashes of fire. , like the lightning before the storm.

The more than 1000 Manchu and Tartar troops present were all ready to protect Hong Chengchou and fight outside. They waited too anxiously, because the 2 soldiers and horses in the city had long since disappeared. The number one warrior and the commander of the guards, Oboi should have broken out of the encirclement long ago, there are only more than 1000 of them left, and they are impatient.

But looking at Hong Chengchou again, he was not in a hurry at all, still sitting there motionless, without opening his eyes, and said an even more irritating sentence.

"It's only now, it's too late, no one can leave..."

Hong Chengchou spoke feebly, looked in front of his eyes, the two sticks of incense had been burned one after another, listlessly, collapsed there like a deflated ball.

The soldiers under you are so angry that you were told to leave just now but you didn’t leave. You insisted on waiting until the Ming army attacked in before leaving. Now that the Ming army has attacked in, you say it’s too late and you can’t leave.This, this, this...

The soldiers of the Qing army looked at each other in dismay, secretly gnashing their teeth, wishing to pull Hong Chengchou over and slap his mouth, and then dismember him into pieces.

In a short time, a Ming army invaded the commander's mansion in Jinzhou City. More than 1000 Qing troops still wanted to resist, but they were quickly beheaded and wiped out. When the sky was bright, the Ming army rushed into the commander's tent. Hong Chengchou Sitting there motionless, countless soldiers of the Ming army blocked the inside and outside of his tent.

Hong Chengchou suddenly opened his eyes, and brought over the Imperial Palace that had been prepared a long time ago, drew out the sword with a bang, and laid it across his neck, which means that it is impossible for you to come here to catch the living... …

(End of this chapter)