At the beginning of this year, the bandits led their troops on an eastward expedition. After crossing the Yellow River, they split into two groups. He personally led the main force from Pingyang Prefecture to attack Taiyuan. He looted and carried them to the gates of Taiyuan City, where they already numbered hundreds of thousands of people. It can be said that
At that time, except for the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City, nine out of ten people in the entire Taiyuan Prefecture were thieves.
Later, the intruders failed to attack the city and fled. They were no longer astonished as before. They burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. After this calamity, several counties and ten houses in Taiyuan Prefecture were left with empty bones and bones everywhere, even within ten miles.
There was no human habitation in sight.
Although more than half a year has passed, the vitality is far from being restored. To make matters worse, there will be famine after the war, and Taiyuan Prefecture will not escape this disaster!
Walking all the way from Yangqu County, I realized how sparsely populated the place was, coupled with the unique desolate filter of winter, it can be said that everywhere you look is desolate.
Taiyuan Fucheng is still so majestic and tall. Chang Yu reined in his horse outside the moat and stopped to watch for a long time. He was filled with emotion. Although it was only half a year ago, he felt that things had changed and people had changed. The scenes of bloody battles in the past were still vivid in his mind, but
Now the thief army attacking the city has dispersed, while the officers and soldiers defending the city are either sent to various places to continue killing the enemy, or they have already been buried in horse leather.
Chang Yu ordered a group of civil servants and baggage to enter the city first, and he led two battalions, one guard, and the forty coffins to circle the city. The trenches inside and outside the moat had long been filled in, but the traces were still there, and occasionally they could still be found.
I saw a few wooden piles that had not been cleaned in the river. These wooden piles had their heads sharpened and were frozen on the river surface...
The Big South Gate and the Little South Gate were the places where the fighting was the most brutal at that time. There were also the most gaps in the city wall. You could even see patches of dark red, which were all blood stains. The fighting was really brutal. Chang Yu
Outside the south gate of Lema, I looked up at the city tower. It was destroyed by artillery fire and has not yet been repaired. It must be that the government was eager to restore people's livelihood and had no energy to deal with the famine. Secondly, it had no money. Do you want to wait for the government to allocate funds?
Then just wait.
"I still remember that the bandit army was about to attack. At that critical moment, Lord Governor led us and others to fight out from the east gate... At that time, there were huge crowds of people under the city and the bandit army was everywhere... I am a little scared now when I think about it, but at that time
I am not afraid at all, even if I know I will die in battle..." Kuang Ren whispered to Wang Zhennan and others around him about the details of the Taiyuan War at that time.
Things are different and people are not the same, everything is over. If you want to speak, you will shed tears first. Chang Yu is not a hypocritical person, and even considers himself to be cold-blooded. But at this moment, in this scene, looking at the dozens of coffins behind him, he felt sad in his heart. These people
Many of them had fought alongside him here! The reason why he wanted to circle the city was to let these brothers take another look at the place where they fought so bloody hard!
It was only more than half a year. Chang Yu led his troops to fight against the Tatars and thieves. After many hardships and hardships, Chang Yu finally stabilized the Ming Dynasty, but he also paid a huge price.
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How many times have we seen the lives of soldiers frozen in one tragic battlefield after another?
Looking up towards the wilderness of Zhengnan, Chang Yu couldn't help but think of many people, such as Zhou Tianpeng, Duan Wuhu, etc. These people once sneaked into the bandit camp in Wenshui County to assassinate Li Laiheng with him, but now they have already fought
Dead on the battlefield.
Many people died!
And I don’t know how many people will die in the future. Chang Yu’s eyes swept over Kuang Ren, Lao Jiu, Jia Waixiong and other soldiers one by one. Everyone felt the grief in his heart. Seeing his eyes red with tears, he wanted to comfort him but failed.
I don't know what to say.
Even Zhu Cixi didn't know how to speak.
Chang Yu is a person who rarely shows his emotions, but today he felt like he was breaking down. He really wanted to cry.
But he can't.
Because he is the Lord of Dongchang and the God of War of the Ming Dynasty!
Dozens of horses were coming from the southwest, and the guards were immediately on guard. In the distance, Wang Fuchen and Wu Mushan came forward without giving orders. Chang Yu turned his head to look, and with just one glance, he patted his horse and went forward, shouting from a distance: "General Zhu
It’s safe”
"The last general pays homage to the Governor." The person who came turned over and dismounted from his horse and bowed low. It was Zhou Yuji's general Zhu Kongxun. This was also a life and death comrade who had fought side by side with Chang Yu. In history, he was also a loyal minister who died fighting against the bandits.
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Chang Yu jumped off the horse and helped him up. Just now, he was feeling nostalgic about his old friend heading west, but now he saw his old friend and his true feelings showed. He took Zhu Kongxun into his arms and gave him a big bear hug. This made Zhu Kongxun feel happy again.
Unexpected and pleasantly surprised, I hugged him hard and said, "Long time no see, Lord Governor!"
"Long time no see, old man!" Chang Yu looked very excited, with tears still shining in his eyes. Zhu Kongxun was even more moved. He is such a young man who values friendship!
"The general heard yesterday that Lord Du Gong has arrived in Yangqu County. I wanted to go to greet him today, but suddenly there were some things to deal with in Jinyuan. I thought I would go to greet Lord Du Gong after handling them. How did I know that you are here today?
I'm here now. I'm late to welcome you, so please forgive me, Lord Governor!" Zhu Kongxun said quickly.
Chang Yu exclaimed: "This governor is a poor and particular person." Then he asked: "Where are General Niu and General Wang?"
General Niu is Niu Yong, and General Wang is Wang Yongkui. The three of them are the treasures of Taiyuan, and they all belong to Zhou Yuji's command.
"The two of them went out with General Zhou to inspect and rectify military affairs. The general has not seen them for several days. The general is left alone in Taiyuan City every day. He feels very lonely!" Zhu Kongxun joked.
His subordinates left him in charge of Taiyuan.
"So, isn't this governor here to accompany you?" Chang Yu laughed loudly, put his arm around his shoulders and walked towards Shi Kefa and others to introduce him, and then everyone prepared to enter the city.
Zhu Kongxun looked at the dozens of coffins in the team and was surprised. Why did he bring the coffins? Could it be that he wanted to bloodbath Taiyuan City? Hey, it seems that many people are going to be unlucky now.
Although Chang Yu was ordered to patrol the border to rectify military affairs, he was also from Dongchang. What did the Dongchang Yamen do? He could investigate anyone except the emperor! And he could investigate anything, whether it was corruption, perversion of the law or treason.
If you rebel, it doesn't matter whether you are a military general or an official in the local government, it will only take a minute if he wants to check you. It just depends on whether he wants to check you or not.
Zhu Kongxun didn't know if Chang Yu had checked yamen other than the military elsewhere.
But he knew that Chang Yu would definitely investigate Taiyuan, whether it was the military or civil affairs yamen, because in Taiyuan, a post-disaster reconstruction government, the yamen must be clear to the bottom in order to recover as quickly as possible!
"South Gate, they came in through the South Gate..."
"Everyone, go to the South Gate quickly. Eunuch Chang has entered the city from the South Gate..."
There was a roar of gongs and drums in Taiyuan City, and people poured into the streets to see their patron saint Chang Yu.
Chang Yu has been regarded as a god in Taiyuan!
If he hadn't turned the tide back then, Taiyuan City would have become a ruin!
At that time, he was just an unknown eunuch, and most people didn't know who he was, but who among the big bosses in the military and political yamen didn't know that he was the most critical person in guarding Taiyuan!
He is the mainstay, the sea-fixing needle!
After the rebel army retreated, more and more rumors and stories about Chang Yu began to spread among the people. At this time, the people of Taiyuan knew that there was such a person, such a eunuch, and it turned out that he was the young eunuch.
Protected our foundation and our home!
In the following six months, Chang Yu was invincible in all battles, and his name as the God of War spread throughout the world. The people of Taiyuan would always say proudly: "Taiyuan is the place where the God of War rose! In the south of the city, there is also the Jingguan Temple built by the God of War at that time.
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The common people were far less well-informed than the big guys, so they didn't know when Chang Yu and his party arrived in Taiyuan. They only learned about it when the civil servants entered the city. Then word spread, and everyone knew that Chang Yu had returned to Taiyuan.
, they rushed to the streets and went straight to the northwest gate, but they learned that they had not entered the city, but were walking around outside the city.
The common people also know that this is the God of War remembering the past.
Don't bother, just follow from a distance.
When Chang Yu entered the city, they swarmed in and blocked the outside of the south gate.
"Look, the one with General Zhu is Mr. Chang..." someone shouted, and then the people cheered: "Hello, Mr. Chang..."
The greetings rose and fell, resounding throughout the streets and alleys.
"This is the people's heart!" Zhu Cixiang was very shocked. He looked at Princess Kunxing who stuck her head out of the carriage and bit her lip: "Have you ever seen a eunuch so loved by the people!"
"Because he defended the city and the homes of these people," Princess Kunxing said softly.
Chang Yu was very happy, sincerely happy. None of the big guys came to greet him. It didn't matter. It was enough to have these ordinary people!