Chapter 25 Zhang Xianzhong's Story of the Founding of the Kingdom of Heaven (3)
The attendants began to serve the food and pour the wine. Ge Liyan thought to himself that Zhang Xianzhong still gave him face. Not only were there people singing and dancing to entertain him, but even serving the food and pouring the wine were all women's affairs. He walked over with a scent of fragrance.
, making people drunk before drinking. Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Xianzhong had already raised his glass, and He Yilong hurriedly raised his glass. Just waiting for the Eight Kings to say "drink", he saw Zhang Xianzhong put the glass heavily on the table.
Put it away and shouted sternly:
"He Yilong!"
Ge Liyan jumped up instinctively. However, two burly men had already come up from behind and grabbed both of his arms. The third soldier quickly came up and took off his sword.
Zhang Xianzhong immediately picked up the cross, pointed at He Yilong's nose and cursed: "You damn He Yilong, I told you not to violate the rules of heaven and rob and kill people randomly.
I’ll behead you and put the donkey into your mother’s…”
But before Zhang Xianzhong finished his sentence, he heard Ge Liyan shouting fiercely, pushing his elbows back, and pushing again with both hands. The big man on the right fell to the ground, and the big man on the left staggered back five or six feet away.
.At this time, He Yilong took a sharp breath, shook his head, and a gust of wind blew out of his mouth. Six candles near and far were blown out, and the room suddenly became dark. Several soldiers stood facing Ge Liyan.
They threw themselves at different places, and they all fell into the air. Then several people screamed in pain, obviously they were attacked in the dark.
Zhang Dingguo, who was sitting opposite He Yilong, immediately thought of Zhang Xianzhong's safety the moment the candle was blown out. Zhang Dingguo quickly pulled out the knife from his waist and shouted: "Father, handsome!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was stabbed in the chest by some sharp weapon. Fortunately, he was wearing cotton armor and the injury was not serious. He swung the knife and slashed several times to the front and left and right, but did not hit anything. Because he was worried about being attacked again,
Not daring to make a sound, he squatted down and walked quietly towards the table in the middle.
Zhang Xianzhong was also very surprised. He suddenly recalled in his mind what Ma Shouying had said when he was still alive: "Grey's eyesight is not good, but when it is pitch dark and no one can see, He Yilong can show off his power and beat you up."
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The Eight Kings tried their best to stay calm, left their seats, and slowly backed away. Then they heard something hit the chair he had just left.
At this time, the soldiers guarding outside saw the candlelight in the house suddenly extinguished and heard screams and fighting, so they wanted to push the door in. However, the door was locked from the inside. The soldiers inside tried to open the door, but
Two people in succession were stabbed down as soon as they walked to the door.
The people in the room gradually adapted to the darkness and could vaguely make out tables, chairs and figures, but they were still unable to determine the location of the leather eye, so they had to nervously point the tips of their knives forward to prevent being attacked. Even so.
, there are still people who are knocked down inexplicably.
Finally, the people outside the house used a log as thick as a bowl to open the door. At the moment when people were about to rush in, Geliyan slashed several people in succession and jumped out into the courtyard.
Everyone immediately gathered around him, and Ge Liyan had already taken back his sword in the darkroom. At this time, he guessed that the accompanying soldiers must have been subdued, so he held the sword in one hand and the sharp blade pulled out of his boot in the other, determined to fight alone.
He was extremely skilled in dealing with the swarming soldiers from the Western Camp, and he quickly stabbed several people who rushed towards him.
Others surrounded him, but they didn't dare to get close easily. Geliyan was not familiar with the route inside the house and could not rush out. The two sides were in a stalemate like this, and from time to time someone was stabbed or kicked to the ground by Geliyan.
Zhang Xianzhong had walked out of the house. Under the starry sky and the torches held by the soldiers, he could roughly see He Yilong's moves and couldn't help but sigh:
"Lao Ge's kung fu is so good that you don't see many in Xiying. It's a pity, it's a pity. If you were willing to listen to me and stop robbing and killing indiscriminately, I would definitely make you the King of Wings in the world. What a pity!"
A nimble soldier from the Western Camp climbed onto the roof by stepping on the shoulders of another soldier. He walked towards the place where Ge Liyan was standing, and tried to throw a tile from above to attack Ge Liyan's head. But he was obviously
Not used to slopes, he walked unsteadily. He heard a noise on the roof, quickly held the short knife in his mouth, grabbed a branch with his left hand, and climbed to the roof with one leap.
The soldier didn't expect Gree Eye to leap forward so neatly, and quickly raised his sword to fight. As soon as the swords of the two sides touched, Gree Eye flew up at the same time and kicked the opponent down.
There was only one person left on the roof. He began to stride towards the ridge of the roof, preparing to climb over the ridge and enter another courtyard. The people below quickly shot arrows at him. Just as he was about to cross the ridge, several arrows shot at him at the same time.
Shot him in the back and another in the neck.
He struggled to look back for a moment, then lost consciousness and rolled down from the roof. A general went up and stabbed him in the chest. Several other soldiers were killed because their partners were killed by Leather Eyes.
When I went up to cut off his head, I heard Zhang Kewang shouting loudly:
"The king has an order: Leave He Yilong's whole corpse behind!"
After He Yilong was killed, Zhang Xianzhong, considering the impact, left his whole body.
Ever since the troops of He Yilong and Ma Shouying went south to join Zhang Xianzhong because they were unwilling to be controlled by Li Laiheng, they had actually had an unclear leadership relationship with Xiying for a long time.
Ma Shouying died of illness early, so there was no conflict between Huiying and Xiying. However, He Yilong had a very conceited character. He worked with Zhang Xianzhong, who also looked at people through his nostrils, so conflicts were inevitable.
This conflict in Chongqing is an outbreak of the conflict between Geying and Xiying.
But Zhang Xianzhong was able to kill He Yilong so decisively, on the one hand, because after capturing Chongqing, the Great Western Army was able to gain a foothold in Sichuan; on the other hand, it was also because Zhang Xianzhong had been winning over the soldiers of the Revolutionary Camp for a long time, and recently many of the Revolutionary Camp generals believed in
Catholicism gradually drifted away from He Yilong, but became closer and closer to Zhang Xianzhong.
Under the combination of these circumstances, Zhang Xianzhong finally took advantage of He Yilong's violation of military discipline in Chongqing, robbery and killing, and even attacked friendly military camps, and lured him into the palace for justice.
Although the officers and soldiers of each battalion were dissatisfied with He Yilong's killing, because He Yilong violated military discipline first, the generals were favored by Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, and after a brief commotion, they gradually settled down.
After the Daxi Army rested for a while in Chongqing, except for leaving Liu Tingju with a small number of troops to guard Chongqing, the army divided the land and water routes to attack Fuzhou again.
The general guarding Fuzhou was Zeng Ying, who was quite prestigious in Sichuan. However, now that he was outnumbered, Zeng Ying did not dare to resist, so he abandoned Fuzhou and led his troops to retreat into the mountains, preparing to unite with local officials and gentry for a long-term confrontation with Zhang Xianzhong.
The Daxi Army thus easily occupied Fuzhou and completely pacified eastern Sichuan, thus opening the road to Chengdu.
Chengdu was a fiefdom of the King of Shu in the Ming Dynasty. Starting from the Hongwu period, Zhu Chun's descendants relied on their political power to occupy fertile fields across Fulian County, accumulated astonishing wealth, and lived a arrogant and extravagant life.
According to historical records, Zhu Chun, the first generation king of Shu, occupied a large amount of land and built more than 300 royal villages. The "king's meal" was supplied by one royal village a day and only rotated once a year. "Therefore, the wealth is unparalleled."
By the Wanli Year, the Wangfuzhuang farmland had accounted for seven-tenths of the land in the ten states and counties irrigated by Dujiangyan water, not including the rice of Shu princes, county princes, generals, lieutenants, miscellaneous income and corvee.
In March and April of the 16th year of Chongzhen, when the Dashun army was fiercely confronting the Qing army in the north, and when Huang Taiji took advantage of the chaos to take control of the Beijing court, the last Shu king, Zhu Zhishu, actually prepared to use the reason that Chongzhen's life and death were unknown to him, and he was so whimsical.
He hoped to get the support of local civil and military officials in Sichuan, first to take the position of supervising the country, and then to wear the yellow robe. Liu Zhibo, the censor of Sichuan, firmly opposed it on the grounds that Zhu Zhishu's lineage was too far away, and some other officials also expressed indifference. Zhu Zhishu
His dream of being an emperor could not come true and he was very angry.
When the Western Army entered Sichuan, the local officials felt that the situation was serious and asked the King of Shu to provide money to recruit troops. Zhu Zhishu held a grudge and was reluctant to give up the money. He frowned and said: "I have no savings. I only have Chengyuan Hall. If it can be changed
, please sir, sell it to pay for your expenses."
When Zhang Xianzhong reached the gates of Chengdu, Zhu Zhishu panicked and planned to flee to Yunnan with the palace family's treasures. The local officials were worried that it would cause disarray and refused to let him go. Zhu Zhishu had no choice but to raise money to raise money.
People guard the city and announce to those who apply, "They will give fifty taels of platinum."
But it was already too late. The only relatively reliable armed force in the Chengdu garrison was Gao Doushu and Wang Guangen, who was defeated by the Dashun Army in Shaanxi and fled into Sichuan in panic.
This unit was originally from the Yunyang Pass camp. Wang Guangen was very angry with this stingy King of Shu, so he did nothing and rushed into the palace of the King of Shu. He personally led his officers and soldiers to rob the palace's treasures.
Fan Yiheng, the governor of Sichuan, and Gao Doushu, who fled from Hanzhong to Chengdu, were also very unimpressed with the King of Shu. They originally planned to use Wang Guangen's rogue soldiers to scare the King of Shu, so that he would obediently hand over the gold and silver treasures and reward the soldiers for guarding.
city.
Unexpectedly, Wang Guangen went too far with his troops and looted, and the King of Shu was particularly timid. When he heard that "rebellious soldiers" had invaded the palace, he immediately jumped into a well and committed suicide.