"Be impartial and unbiased, obey the king's will."
"There is nothing good to do, just follow the king's way."
"Don't do evil, follow the king's way"
Wang Qixuan, Wang Qilian, and Wang Qijue each held a copy of "Shangshu", turned to the "Hong Fan" chapter, and chanted loudly.
Showing dignity as a teacher, Mr. Yang held a ruler and glanced at the three little children majestically.
This Mr. Yang is a scholar in Zunyi. It is said that his family used to be a local wealthy family. However, he was implicated in the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou and his family fell into decline.
"Puch", Wang Chijue laughed out loud when he saw Mr. Yang's majestic look. He was only six years old and innocent.
"Nonsense." Mr. Yang's face sank and he "reached out his hand."
Wang Chijue froze for a moment and stuck out his tongue.
"Stretch out your hand," came another majestic voice.
The little guy stretched out his tender hand.
"Pah, pah, pah", Mr. Yang slapped his palms with a ruler without politeness.
"Ah! It hurts!"
After school, Wang Chijue cried and wanted to tell his mother Xiong.
Wang Chixuan hurriedly hugged Wang Chijue: "Fifth brother, be good, my mother is in a bad mood recently, please don't disturb her, okay?"
Wang Chilian also pulled Wang Chijue: "Fifth brother, be good. How about fourth brother taking you to catch crickets?"
"Okay, okay", Wang Chijue clapped her little hands happily.
Mr. Xiong has been feeling restless and depressed recently. News came out a few days ago that Yuan Tao and Wu Dading were defeated and killed. When he heard the news, his husband Wang Xiang just cursed lightly, "These two losers are really useless."
"Use", and hurriedly left Zunyi and rushed to Wujiang Pass. However, when Xiong clearly saw her husband saying this, her hands shook. She said nothing and silently packed her husband's clothes.
It's getting cold. I wonder how your husband is doing in Wujiang Pass? Mrs. Xiong had someone give Wang Xiang a sweater knitted by herself.
Wang Xiang put on this sweater and immediately felt a warmth.
Secretly determined to fight this battle well, for the sake of his family.
He also thought about surrendering, but he didn't dare. From ancient times to the present, which rebellious subject surrendered, and his family had a good ending?
Wang Xiang stood on the wall of Wujiang Pass and observed the Ming army camp on the other side of the Wujiang River with a telescope.
There are five thousand Ming troops in the camp, and the main force of the Ming troops has already gone to Luomengshui.
Wang Xiang observed the smoke, and found that the smoke from the Ming army was no different from usual. Ai Nengqi had been on the battlefield for a long time, and before leaving, he specifically ordered his subordinates who stayed behind to spread more smoke to avoid suspicion on the enemy troops on the other side.
Wang Xiang nodded and turned around to go back.
Suddenly a group of wild geese fell into the Ming army camp.
"Huh? Empty camp?"
Wang Xiang was shocked and asked his subordinates, "What's happening on the other side recently?"
"Recently, Ming army boats have been rowing back and forth, seemingly intending to cross the Wujiang River."
"Bluffing," Wang Xiang sneered. The main force of the Ming army must have left, so they were bluffing like this.
Where did their main force go?
Wang Xiang stared at the map, and the Luomengshui was clearly visible on the map.
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By the Luomeng River, An Kun asked Ai Nengqi: "Dangluhou, when will we cross the river?"
"Soldiers need to be quick. Let the soldiers eat something and cross the river in half an hour."
Half an hour later, the Ming army began to cross the river, and densely packed bamboo rafts rushed to the other side.
Looking at the Ming army crossing the river, the "little overlord" Wang Xiang smiled. He arrived at Luomengshui one day later than the Ming army, but the Ming army lacked the tools to cross the river and spent a day building bamboo rafts. Therefore, he just caught up with the Ming army.
Cross the river.
The Art of War says, attack it halfway across the border.
Wang Xiang has been fighting for so many years, but he still understands this truth.
Wang Ziqi landed ashore. He was a veteran of the Daxi Army and is now the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty.
"Quick, get in formation!"
Just as Wang Ziqi finished shouting, a familiar figure passed by, and Ai Nengqi rushed to the front.
This Danglu Marquis must take the lead in every battle, so he gained a reputation for being brave and good at fighting.
Half of the Ming army came ashore, and the other half was crossing the river.
"Attack", Wang Xiang roared.
"Kill!"
Countless ambush soldiers emerged from the trees by the river.
Ordinary generals will usually choose to retreat when encountering an ambush.
Ai Nengqi is not an ordinary person, he will not retreat.
Take out a long arrow from the quiver and shoot it at the enemy. The arrows are all fired. Twenty arrows in one quiver are shot, taking away twenty lives.
There were too many enemies and he couldn't shoot them all, so he rushed to Ai Nengqi's side in a blink of an eye. Ai Nengqi took out the long grass and picked at it, but there was no one under his command. In the blink of an eye, he killed several people in a row.
Generals are brave soldiers. Seeing Ai Nengqi's bravery, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted. They gathered around the general and actually withstood Wang Xiang's army's offensive.
"This man is so lucky." Wang Xiang squinted and looked at Ai Nengqi. He was a martial artist and his archery skills were superb.
Take out the arrow and shoot it at Ai Nengqi.
Hearing the sound of arrows, Ai Nengqi ducked sideways and looked in the direction of Wang Xiang.
"Huh? You can actually identify the position by listening to the voice." "Little Overlord" Wang Xiang secretly praised, took out three arrows, and shot Ai Nengqi continuously.
This was his stunt when he won the martial arts competition - a chain of arrows. The first two arrows were not fully drawn, and the speed was slightly slower, in order to interfere with the opponent's hearing. The last arrow was shot with a full string, and it was fired later but first. An ordinary arrow
A stone bow is considered a powerful bow. Wang Xiang is known as the Little Overlord and is extremely powerful, but he actually uses a six-stone bow.
"Whoosh" and "whoosh" sounded twice. Ai Nengqi heard the sound and dodged left and right.
"Whoosh", the arrow that arrived first arrived.
"Ah, not good!"
Ai Nengqi tried to dodge again, but it was too late. He shot an arrow in the forehead and died on the spot.
Heaven's way is good, and those who are good at shooting will die under the arrow.
"Commander", Wang Ziqi mourned greatly, grabbed Ai Nengqi's body, and led his troops to retreat.
In this battle, the Ming army was defeated and thousands of soldiers were lost.
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In Shaxiyi, a large army is trekking hard. These are the soldiers and horses of Li Dingguo, the deputy general of the Western Expedition.
After Li Dingguo defeated Yuan Tao and Wu Da defeated the two thieves, Fan Youxian asked him to go to the Western Front to command operations.
Arriving at the western front, Li Dingguo saw Wang Qitun. Liu Zhifu relied on the Chishui River for defense, and it was not easy to attack hard. He decided to fight in a roundabout way, bypassing Zhenxiong Mansion, passing through Shuixi, bypassing the Chishui River, and inserting himself directly behind Wang Qitun.
Traveling lightly along the way, we arrived at Shaxiyi, which was only three days away from Luomengshui. We met Wang Ziqi and An Kun's retreating troops.
"Fourth brother", Li Dingguo was heartbroken when he saw Ai Nengqi's body.
"Commander, there is no resurrection after death. How can you avenge Marquis Danglu when your body is broken from crying?"
The generals gave their advice one after another.
Li Dingguo woke up from his grief and ordered: "Stop the flags and drums, clamp the horses with their heads in the teeth, sneak to the Luomeng River, and then cross again."
Wang Ziqi and An Kun were shocked: "Commander, the enemy has won a new victory and their morale is strong. It will not be good for me to fight again at Luomengshui at this time!"
Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "Wang Xiang must not have known that I came with light armor and speed, and he never expected that our army would come back so soon. It's easy to defeat the enemy if you have a calculated calculation but not a careless one!"
The Ming army secretly sneaked back to Mengshui, built bamboo rafts during the day, and crossed the river at night. Wang Xiangjun had just finished a celebration banquet and was unaware of it.
Jin Tong's military troops came ashore, Dou Mingwang's troops came ashore, Wang Hui's tribe, Chen Jian's tribe, Wang Ziqi's tribe, An Kun's tribe, one after another Ming troops landed, lit torches, and fought towards Wang Xiang's camp.
Fighting at night is beneficial to the Ming army. The food of the Ming army is better than that of Wang Xiang's army, so the number of people suffering from night blindness is less than that of Wang Xiang's army.
"Kill!"
Wang Ziqi took the lead and cut down the gate of the village to enter.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
With shouts of killing, tens of thousands of Ming troops rushed in like a tide.
"Where did this Ming army come from?"
Wang Xiang asked in surprise.
"Commander, retreat quickly. If you don't retreat, you will be surrounded."
They protected Wang Xiang from the left and right and retreated to Wujiang Pass. After counting the troops and horses, there were only more than 20,000 remaining soldiers.
Wang Xiang urgently ordered his second son Wang Qitun to send troops to help. Wang Qitun was shocked when he heard the news and ordered Liu Zhifu to lead 10,000 troops for reinforcements.
"Quick, prepare golden soup, hot oil, and stones, and recruit the people to guard the pass."
Wang Xiang plans to defend Wujiang Pass.
It can't be defended! The reason why Wujiang Pass is difficult to defeat is because there is a natural barrier on the Wujiang River to rely on. The Ming army has crossed the Wujiang River, but the natural barrier is no longer there. Wang Xiang's army has suffered a new defeat and its morale is low. How can it be defended?
Soon, Li Dingguo's pursuers arrived, defeated Wang Xiang's army again, and captured Wujiang Pass.
Marshal Wang fled in despair. He was miserable and miserable. He fled to a temple near Zheng'an.
Ask around: "What is the name of this temple?"
"Commander, this is Nanyue Temple."
"Alas," Wang Xiang sighed, "Let's go in and rest for a while."
Before he could finish his words, the shouts of killing broke out, and the pursuers surrounded Nanyue Temple.
"Don't leave the thief Chief Wang Xiang!"
"Whoever kills Wang Xiang will be promoted to one rank and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."
The shouts kept coming and going.
Wang Xiang was furious and roared sadly: "I am nicknamed 'Little Overlord'. Xiang Yu was defeated by Wujiang River in the past, and this is also Wujiang River. I was so powerful in Sichuan back then. Unexpectedly, no one came to help me today, and I no longer want to survive!"
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He suddenly got up and galloped into the Ming army. After killing dozens of people, he was exhausted and returned to Nan'an Temple to commit suicide at the age of forty-three.
Liu Zhifu's reinforcements arrived and saw broken soldiers everywhere. He looked for a few broken soldiers and asked, "Where is the commander-in-chief?"
"At Nanyue Temple in Zheng'an".
Liu Zhifu rushed to Nanyue Temple and killed the pursuers, but only found Wang Xiang's body.
I couldn't help but scream: "Commander! It's too late!"
Cries of killing arose everywhere, and another Ming army chased after him.
Liu Zhifu did not dare to stay for a long time, so he took the body to the bank of Wujiang River and burned it. The ashes were divided into two parts, one part was buried on the bank of the river, and the other part was taken back to Zunyi and given to the Xiong family.
In later generations, there was a tomb on the bank of Wujiang River, which was commonly referred to as the tomb of the Bawang of Western Chu. I did not know that it was also the tomb of Wang Xiang.
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Legend has it that when a person is extremely sad, there will be no tears.
After Liu Zhifu fled back to Zunyi, he handed Wang Xiang's urn to Xiong, who didn't shed a single tear.
She held the urn and stroked it silently, and the memories buried in her heart shuttled back and forth in her mind.
That year, she was sixteen and he was nineteen. After he finished practicing boxing, he was hungry and stared at the bacon and fish hanging in front of the shop. She smiled and gave him a small bag full of bacon.
The snack box, blushing with embarrassment, ran away quickly.
He was bullied by the second housekeeper of Wang Yingxiong's house, and he was depressed. He sat blankly on the steps of the courtyard alone, stunned. She suddenly appeared and comforted him, "Don't give up on yourself, he will become a pillar of the country in his old age!"
On that day, he went to take the martial arts exam, and before leaving he swore to her that if he won, he would come and marry her. She secretly ran to offer incense to the Buddha, and begged him to bless him and ensure that he would go to high school.
"Madam," Liu Zhifu whispered, bringing Xiong back to reality.
The dead are gone, and the living must struggle for survival!
"Madam, the Ming army is about to attack the city. The commander-in-chief is gone and people are panicking. Should we invite the eldest son to come back and take charge of the overall situation?"
Xiong glanced at Liu Zhifu gratefully. The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough grass knows the honest minister. After Wang Xiang's defeat, all the generals only focused on fleeing for their own lives, but Liu Zhifu came back after snatching Wang Xiang's ashes. After Wang Xiang died in the battle, people's hearts were filled with ulterior motives.
Liu Zhifu tried his best to stabilize the crisis. Without him, I don’t know how many people would have wanted to sell their mothers and children for glory.
"General Liu Shen, please quickly recruit Bao'er, Jun'er and General Wang Mingchen to return to defend Zunyi."
"Yes, ma'am."
Xiong thought for a while: "In addition, I will secretly send people to negotiate with the Ming army and tell Fan Youxian that if he is willing to give my children a way out, Zunyi is willing to surrender to the imperial court. This matter must be done in secret to avoid shaking the morale of the army."
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"Madam, don't worry, you will be saved."
Liu Zhifu took the order and retreated to the door, but was suddenly called by Mr. Xiong.
Xiong said a deep blessing to Liu Zhifu, "Thank you so much for these days, General Liu Shen!"
Liu Zhifu's eyes were sore, "Madam, don't worry, I will protect my wife and young master to the death!"
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Fan Youxian, the Rongshan Division of Bozhou Prefecture, set up camp. Fan Youxian received the envoy sent by the Xiong family.
"What did Mrs. Wang say when she asked you to come?"
"My wife has sent me to ask the commander-in-chief to surrender. If the commander-in-chief is willing to spare the lives of all the young masters, my wife is willing to do so and surrender."
Fan Youxian sneered in his heart, what qualifications does a defeated person have to negotiate terms with me?
He said to the envoy in a deep voice: "You go back and tell Mrs. Wang that the young masters are relatives of the criminal generals. I have no right to decide their life and death. They must be judged by the prisoner. If she finds out that she has gone astray, she must return to the court as soon as possible. I will
Please plead with the prison state on her behalf as appropriate. Whether she lives or dies depends entirely on fate."
The envoy received the order and returned. As soon as he left, Fan Youxian summoned the generals for discussion.
"The Xiong family has been unwilling to surrender, just because they still have some soldiers and horses. The bandit general Wang Mingchen's troops on the eastern front are currently stationed in Meitan County. I want to wipe out all these Wang Mingchen, but all the kings are tired after fighting for a long time.
, can we still fight again?"
"The final general is willing to fight to the death with the commander!"
"Okay! This looks like the general of our Ming Dynasty!"
Fan Youxian ordered Pi Xiong and Wu Bangxian to lead 20,000 troops to cross the Meitan River, seize the Sandu Pass, and cut off Wang Mingchen's westward escape from Zunyi; he led Yang Guangqian, Ma Wannian and other generals, and led 40,000 troops to pursue Wang Mingchen.<
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After receiving the order from Xiong, Wang Mingchen led his troops to abandon Meitan City and flee to Zunyi.
Fleeing to Sandu Pass, I found that this pass had been seized by Ming generals Pi Xiong and Wu Bangxian.
Wang Mingchen cried out in pain and had to lead his troops to attack Sandu Pass in an attempt to open up a way to escape to Zunyi.
After attacking for a long time without defeat, Fan Youxian's pursuers arrived.
"Kill!"
The cry of killing reaches the sky, and Ming troops are all around.
"Abandon weapons and avoid death!"
With the shouts and shouts, the subordinates who were surrounded no longer had any fighting spirit and surrendered one after another.
"Alas! This is destiny!"
Wang Mingchen sighed, threw away the knife in his hand, knelt down and asked for surrender.
Wang Chipu and Wang Chitun led their troops to flee back to Zunyi. Including the defenders in the city, there are still 60,000 defenders in Zunyi City. If the tens of thousands of horses and horses of the king's ministers on the eastern front can be withdrawn, and 100,000 people can gather in Zunyi, it may not be impossible.
War.
"Report! Young Master, General Wang Mingchen was defeated and captured!"
Wang Chichuan felt dizzy for a while, then regained his composure, gritting his teeth, "Pass my general's order to recruit all the people in the city to come to the city to defend the city together. Zunyi will fight to the last soldier."
"Pu'er", with a soft call, Mr. Xiong walked in, his face as calm as water.
"Now that the matter has come to this, why let the people of Zunyi be buried with my family? Just order the surrender!"
The second young master, Wang Qilun, refused to accept it and said, "Mother, my son is still capable of fighting!"
"Shut up," Xiong glared, "A man can afford to lose!"
Wang Chichuan advised Wang Chitun, "Second brother, listen to your mother and surrender!"
The city gate of Zunyi slowly opened. Generals Xiong, Wang Qicui, Wang Qilun, and Liu Zhifu knelt beside the city gate. The 60,000-strong army all took off their armor, which was quite a spectacle.
Fan Youxian rode on a tall bay-red horse and entered the city triumphantly.
"Hey", the bay-red horse stopped in front of Xiong.
"Are you Wang Xiang's wife, Mrs. Xiong?"
"Exactly the sinner".
"Wang Xiang is plotting rebellion, why don't you dissuade him?"
"I have repeatedly advised my husband not to be an enemy of the imperial court, but I have refused to listen, which has led to today's humiliation. I beg the Commander-in-Chief to spare Quanzi's life for the sake of the sinners waiting to sacrifice the city and surrender!"
Fan Youxian pondered for a moment.
"I beg the Commander-in-Chief to have mercy and spare the lives of his wife and young master."
Fan Youxian took a look and saw that it was Shi Lin, the surrendered general. On that day, Shi Lin came to the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Xiang returned Shi Lin's family without killing him. Sow good causes and reap good results. Today, Shi Lin also interceded for Wang Xiang's family.
"Alas! I am not the one who can make the decision on this matter."
Xiong stared at Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, and Hou Yongxi behind Fan Youxian with pleading eyes. These three generals were all former Sichuan feudal lords. Together with Wang Xiang, they fought against Zhang Xianzhong and resisted Hauge, so they had some friendship.
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Unable to bear the sight of Mr. Xiong, Li Zhanchun came to Fan Youxian's horse and knelt down, "Please have mercy, Commander!"
"Please have mercy, Commander", Hou Yongxi also knelt down in the sea,
"Alas," Fan Youxian sighed again, "All of you, please get up. I will go to the supervisor to intercede for Mrs. Xiong and the young masters."
Mr. Xiong and others stood up to express their thanks.
Fan Youxian came to the government office, collected surrendered troops, sealed up the government treasury, and was extremely busy.
Suddenly, someone reported that Wang Xiang's wife, Mrs. Xiong, had hanged herself.
I couldn't help but sigh: "What a chaste and fierce woman!"
The secretary of the shogunate next to him said: "This woman is so scheming!"
"Oh," Fan Youxian was stunned, "Why did you say that?"
"Today, the commander-in-chief reluctantly agreed to intercede for Mr. Xiong and his disciples under the pleading of the generals. Mr. Xiong was afraid that this was the commander-in-chief's perfunctory words. Now that she is dead, you are a dignified commander-in-chief, how can you go against your will? A dead man’s promise? This is exchanging one’s own life for the lives of five sons!”
Fan Youxian exclaimed: "Even so, I can still feel sorry for him!"
So he ordered Xiong to be buried next to Wang Xiang's tomb on the bank of Wujiang River. He also asked Zhu Hengjia to intercede on behalf of Wang Xiang's sons, saying, "Although Xiang is dead, there are still many people from the old tribe. If his son is pardoned, we will be able to win over the generals." heart".
After reading Fan Youxian's comments, Zhu Hengjia laughed and said: "This old Fan looks fierce, but he is a kind-hearted person!"
Since his confidants begged for mercy, Zhu Hengjia ordered Wang Xiang and his disciples to be exempted from the crime, but they could not stay in Bozhou to avoid trouble. He ordered them to move to Xuzhou. Xuzhou had his own confidants, and the ruthless Chen Bangyan was there, so he could forgive these little brats. Can't make any big waves.
Ai Nengqi, the Marquis of Danglu, died a heroic death, and his son Ai Chengye was demoted to the rank of Danglubo.
In this battle, Li Dingguo made outstanding achievements and was granted the title of Duke of Qin.
In order to commemorate the battle of Ping Shu, Fan Youxian, the Duke of Dingbei, was renamed the Duke of Shu.
In later generations, the "Overlord's Tomb" and the "Madam's Tomb" on the banks of the Wujiang River became famous places to visit. There were crazy men and women who locked their hearts and made wishes here, and they were very happy.
A down-and-out scholar named "Yang Yang Daming" felt what happened and wrote an untitled poem beside the "Madam's Grave" to commemorate it, saying:
Already a winged bird,
Why envy Wang Chang.
When the husband dies, the wife dies,
When the king dies, the concubine also dies.
He also wrote the phrase "Die Lianhua·Sacrifice for Love", saying:
I used to know the Bachelor's Mansion.
The past is like smoke, but love is endless.
There is no way to find a place for the overlord, and the beauties are so kind that they scratch the soil.
I only wish morning and evening,
Three feet of white silk, my crazy soul dances with you.
How deep is the love? Acacia tree in the water of Wuling River.
This chapter has been completed!