In Maozhou, northern Sichuan, Daxi National Bank is located.
Because Li Xiangjun's army had already reached Xinjin, which was only a stone's throw away from Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to stay in the Chengdu palace, that is, the Prince of Shu's Mansion.
Originally, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to go to Baoning Mansion.
But after hearing that Qin Liangyu also led an army of 100,000 to Pengzhou in Shunqing Prefecture, Baoning Prefecture was no longer safe, so Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to flee to Maozhou with his followers.
Maozhou is now Maowen Qiang Autonomous County.
The conditions in Maozhou are naturally incomparable to those in Chengdu.
Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong has been in a very depressed mood since he fled to Maozhou.
Because of depression, Zhang Xianzhong's temperament gradually became violent and murderous.
Before leaving Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered all the concubines and eunuchs in the palace.
After arriving in Maozhou, Zhang Xianzhong began to point the butcher knife at innocent people. Every day he would lead hundreds or even thousands of his own troops to go out hunting. They said it was hunting, but in fact they were killing people.
Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong often killed people without distinguishing between Chinese and foreigners, killing them all.
On this day, Zhang Xianzhong took 800 recruits to Longmou Si and slaughtered more than a dozen villages. Finally, he felt a little better. Then he hung the heads of the slaughtered Qiang people in front of the saddle and returned to Maozhou all the way.
As a result, as soon as I returned to Maozhou, I saw Zhang Kewang stumbling towards me.
Behind Zhang Kewang, the third son of the emperor Zhang Nengqi and the fourth son of the emperor Zhang Wenxiu were covered in blood.
"Father, something has happened." Zhang Kewang and his two younger brothers knelt down in front of Zhang Xianzhong's horse and cried. Zhang Nengqi and Zhang Wenxiu even grabbed the ground with their heads, crying very sadly.
"Don't cry, now that you have a boss, the sky will not fall in Daxi."
Zhang Xianzhong snorted and said, "It's the third child. Has the fourth child been defeated?"
"Father, yes." Zhang Kewang said sadly, "When the third brother and the fourth brother were occupying Pengzhou and facing Qin Liangyu's Ming army at Fenghuang Mountain, the Dog Emperor Chongzhen actually led a group of elite troops to cross the Daba Mountain.
, after suddenly appearing on the side of Phoenix Mountain, the fourth brother's troops were caught off guard and were defeated immediately. The fourth brother was defeated, and the third brother was unable to support himself alone, so he was also defeated."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Xianzhong roared in disbelief, "The Dog Emperor Chongzhen personally led a group of elite troops to cross Daba Mountain?"
"Yes, it's unbelievable to say it." Zhang Nengqi covered his face and cried, "Chongzhen, a dog emperor, could have such courage and dare to lead the Ming army over Daba Mountain, which is covered with snow all year round."
"No, how is it possible?" Zhang Xianzhong roared angrily, "Li Zicheng sent someone to report last month, saying that he had dispatched more than 200,000 troops, divided into six groups from Xiangyang, Tongguan, Huangyuguan, etc., to attack the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was facing an attack by the Sixth Army of the Dashun Kingdom, and Chongzhen actually led his army into Sichuan at this time? Did he not want Beijing?"
"Father, the Dashun Army has been defeated." Zhang Kewang said sadly, "The country has been destroyed."
"What are you talking about? The Dashun Kingdom has been destroyed?" Zhang Xianzhong became more and more unbelievable.
"Yes, it's about what happened last month." Zhang Kewang nodded, "Li Zicheng died of suicide."
"**? You mean Li Zicheng has died?" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't believe it was true, and asked Zhang Kewang in despair, "What about Dashun's six-pronged army that attacked in separate directions? What about the more than 200,000 horse infantry?
Where is the army?"
"They were all wiped out, all by the Ming army." Zhang Kewang sighed, "Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu, Gao Yigong, Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi and other five horse and infantry armies were all wiped out by the Ming army. Li Yan's 30,000
The cavalry surrendered to the Ming court, and even Xin Sizhong's 50,000 cavalrymen in Gansu surrendered to the Ming court."
"How did you know? How did you know this?"
Zhang Xianzhong was shocked and frightened, and his whole body felt bad.
"It's written in the Ming court's surrender letter." Zhang Kewang said as he handed over a surrender letter.
Zhang Xianzhong took the surrender letter and opened it, only to see the words on the title: Instructions to Zhang Xianzhong, the puppet Western thief army, and his adopted sons. Now the puppet thief army has been destroyed. Li Zicheng, the leader of the thief, is afraid of crime. Song Xiance, the thief general, Tian Jian
Xiu and others will all surrender. The first one will attack the six-pronged army of pseudo-submissive horses and infantry from Zijingguan and Daomaguan..."
Wang Zhaolin, the Prime Minister of Daxi who was accompanying him, also came over to take a look.
After reading it, Wang Zhaolin suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this is the Ming court's plan to attack the heart, it's deceptive!"
"Are you saying that these are not true?" Zhang Xianzhong asked, "Li Zicheng is not dead, and the Sixth Route Dashun Army that attacked in separate directions was not wiped out by the Ming court? Is this a deception by the Ming court?"
"That must be the case." Wang Zhaolin said confidently.
"Although the Dashun Army is not as brave and good at fighting as our Daxi Army, it is still an elite army that has fought in hundreds of battles."
"Dashun's army of more than 200,000 horses and infantry attacked in six directions. If the Ming Dynasty can annihilate one or two of them, it will be overwhelming. It is absolutely impossible to annihilate six armies at the same time in a short period of time."
After a pause, he added: "So I guess this is a plan to attack the heart."
Sun Kewang said angrily: "Even if the Ming court deceives, it is still true that the third and fourth brothers were defeated by the Shunqing Mansion, right? Father, for this plan, northern Sichuan can no longer be defended. It is better to decide whether to stay or not as soon as possible."
When Wang Zhaolin heard this, a ruthless look flashed across his eyes.
Zhang Kewang and the other four princes were dissatisfied with him. Wasn't he full of resentment towards the four princes?
If it weren't for Zhang Kewang and four other princes, Wang Zhaolin would have taken advantage of Zhang Xianzhong to seize military power. In this case, he could easily launch a mutiny and eliminate Zhang Xianzhong.
Zhang Xianzhong's favor and trust in Wang Zhaolin remained as before.
"Boss, don't be so rude to the Prime Minister."
After scolding Zhang Kewang, Zhang Xianzhong asked again: "What is the situation of your second brother's army?"
Zhang Kewang said: "Before I came to Maozhou, my second brother's army was still confronting the Ming army from Xinjin to Longquan Town. However, the elite troops led by Emperor Chongzhen and Qin Liangyu's army will soon reach the center of Shu. By then, my second brother will
We will be attacked from both sides, and defeat will happen sooner or later. I hope my father will recall my second brother as soon as possible."
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It's already too late.
Just after Zhang Nengqi and Zhang Wenxiu were defeated, Chongzhen personally led the main force of the 1st Division to advance lightly, biting the tail of the defeated Daxi Army, and entered Chengdu Prefecture, and captured Chengdu in one fell swoop.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, Chongzhen was standing in front of the gate of the Shu Palace.
However, the once magnificent Shu Palace has long been reduced to rubble.
Not only was the Shu Palace reduced to rubble, but the entire Chengdu was also reduced to rubble.
Chongzhen felt somewhat sad because Zhang Xianzhong finally turned black.
After realizing that the situation was over, Zhang Xianzhong gradually began to pervert and started killing wildly. In addition to killing, he also set fire to the city of Chengdu, burning most of the city.
Therefore, Chengdu that the Ming army recaptured was almost an empty city.
"This Zhang Xianzhong is so perverse." Xu Yingwei said with a dark face, "He really deserves to die."
Chongzhen's face was also extremely embarrassed: "I originally wanted to surrender him, but now I don't have to. I want to inform the whole army, but if anyone catches this beast, he should not be killed without permission. He should be taken back to the capital and beaten every step of the way."
"What about Zhang Dingguo?" Jiang Tian asked, "Do you want to continue to recruit people to surrender?"
"Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Xianzhong are still different, and they still need to be treated differently." Chongzhen nodded and said, "It would be a great merit if we could recruit and surrender the hundreds of thousands of traitors under Zhang Dingguo's command."
More importantly, hundreds of thousands of extremely precious human resources can be retained.
The Ming Dynasty is about to return to unification and will soon begin to expand to the outside world. At this time, it is in urgent need of manpower, so Li Dingguo's hundreds of thousands of peasant troops can't be wiped out, but they should try not to be wiped out.
Xu Yingwei sensed Chongzhen's determination to recruit Zhang Dingguo, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, why don't I go to Xinjin to recruit Li Dingguo?"
"You?" Chongzhen shook his head repeatedly, "You are the commander of the 1st Division, how can you take risks?"
However, Xu Yingwei insisted: "It is precisely because I am the commander of the 1st Division that my words have weight, and Li Dingguo will believe in the sincerity of the Holy One and have hope of appeasement."
Chongzhen thought it made sense, and even if Li Dingguo did not surrender, there was a high probability that he would not kill anyone.
At that moment, Chongzhen nodded and said, "That's fine. When I write a handwritten letter, you can take it and go see Zhang Dingguo."
At that time, Chongzhen ordered Lu Jiude to lay out the paper and prepare pen and ink. Chongzhen picked up the brush and quickly wrote a handwritten letter.
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A few hours later, Chongzhen's letter was in Li Dingguo's hands.
Li Dingguo: I know that you are a young man with great ambitions and high ambitions. You performed extremely well in the two battles against the Puppet Army in Qipanguan and against the Ming Dynasty Army in Xinjin. You can be called a wise man.
soldiers.
However, the pseudo-submissive army has been wiped out, and the leader of the pseudo-submissive traitors, Li Zicheng, has died.
The return of the Ming Dynasty to unification is just around the corner, and it is meaningless for you to continue to resist.
I think you are a rare talent, and after the Ming Dynasty regains its unification, it will soon open up its borders and expand its territory. Now is the time to recruit people, so I can't bear to see you buried for a tyrannical man like Zhang Xianzhong.
If you surrender, you can join the fifth batch of the Nanjing Imperial College. The elite soldiers will be selected as Sichuan soldiers, and the old and weak will serve the people on the spot. If you give them their fields, isn't it a hundred times better than being buried for a thug like Zhang Xianzhong?
You are not joking, I always mean what I say, you must think it through clearly.
After reading the handwriting, Li Dingguo remained silent for a long time, his expression also uncertain.
On the one hand, he really didn't want to betray Zhang Xianzhong, but on the other hand, he couldn't bear the death of hundreds of thousands of Daxi soldiers under his command.
The current situation is obvious. In the front is Li Xiangjun, Huaxia's hundreds of thousands of troops, and in the back is Chongzhen and Xu Yingwei's 20,000 elite Ming troops. If the war begins, the entire army will be destroyed.
After a long while, Li Dingguo sighed and said: "The son does not complain about his father's faults, and his adoptive father may have done something inappropriate, but as an adopted son, I cannot abandon my adoptive father."
After hearing this, Xu Yingwei knew that there was great hope in recruiting and surrendering.
Because Zhang Dingguo's title of Zhang Xianzhong has been changed to "adopted father", it can be seen that in his heart, he still agrees with the Ming Dynasty and believes that Zhang Xianzhong is just a rebel traitor.
What's more important is that Zhang Dingguo can still be saved if he has filial piety in his heart.
At that moment, Xu Yingwei said with consternation: "Being loyal to your adoptive father is only a small filial piety, and being loyal to the country is a great filial piety. If you choose a small filial piety but abandon the great filial piety, isn't it just a matter of abandoning the good and chasing the weak?"
