The Story of the Killer King Explore that dark history
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), Zhang Xianzhong began to feel that the situation was a little wrong, and the opposing Ming army suddenly changed formations. All important capitals were defended by the Ming army, and Xiong Wencan bit a sour apple to prevent the army from pursuing. Zhang Xianzhong maneuvered repeatedly, but at the same time he couldn't escape, and he fought a few cities, but at the same time he couldn't play a big role, because he couldn't hold on at all.
As soon as the Ming army changed, Yang Sichang, a cabinet scholar and secretary of the military department, planned a siege"Four positive"、"Six corners"、"Ten Sided Grid"strategy. The essence of this was to set up 10 governors in key areas, mainly stationed on key roads, and the main task was to win over the peasants. Governor Hong Chengchou and Prime Minister Xiong Wencan, together with the main force of the Ming army, pursued the peasant army and took the opportunity to eliminate it.
To make matters worse, Liu Guoneng (nickname"Breaking the sky"led tens of thousands of soldiers to surrender to the Ming army in a desperate situation, which meant that only Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai (nicknamed) were left in the entire Central Plains"Cao Cao"And a little bit of combat power. After Zhang Xianzhong was captured by the Ming army, he clashed with Zuo Liangyu, and Zuo Liangyu was defeated. Zhang Xianzhong was injured and was desperately rescued by Sun Kewang.
Gucheng Zhang Xianzhong saw that the situation was not good and considered surrendering. Xiong Wencan reported this matter to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen agreed. Why did Chongzhen agree? Quite simply, because of the opposition of the courtiers and Huang Taiji, the negotiations broke down, and the Qing army attacked from both sides. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Chongzhen promised Zhang Xianzhong to surrender. Chongzhen's idea was very simple, after the Qing army withdrew, he would go all out to get rid of Zhang Xianzhong.
Zhang Xianzhong is not such a person. Of course, he knew that it was impossible for the imperial court to forgive him, the person who dug up the ancestral tomb of the current emperor and burned down the Longxing Temple where the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang settled down. Although he surrendered, he refused to be co-opted by the state and settled in the ancient city to preserve his strength.
Soon after, the Qing army, led by Dolgon and Yuetuo, withdrew from the Central Plains and returned to Liaodong. Zhang Xianzhong knew that a catastrophe was coming, so he decided to revolt. Before the uprising, he wrote on the wall the names, dates and amounts of all the Ming Dynasty ** who asked him for bribes, and then led the army to revolt.
The Ming army had already set up an encirclement and bit Zhang Xianzhong to the death. During his stay in the ancient city, Zhang Xianzhong liked to listen to people explain the art of war to him, and he liked the art of war very much at the moment. Along the way, he is showing weakness to ensure the arrival of his followers. Zuo Liangyu, who defeated Zhang Xianzhong, had the most courage, and he took the initiative to bring more than 10,000 people into Zhang Xianzhong's encirclement. Zuo Liangyu finally slipped away under the desperate protection of several soldiers.
Zhang Xianzhong is different.
Emperor Chongzhen was furious, Xiong Wencan was imprisoned, so Yang Sichang, a scholar and secretary of the military department, went to the front line in person and ordered to meet the battle. Yang Sichang transferred 100,000 troops, and the devils and soldiers in Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunyang turned into ghost soldiers and pursued Zhang Xianzhong with all their might.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't have time to scold his mother, so he had to flee for his life, but he couldn't escape Yang Sichang's net, and was bitten by Zuo Liangyu on the agate mountain in Taiping County, Kuizhou, eastern Sichuan.
With nowhere to run, Zhang Xianzhong decided to protect himself in the mountains, but soon ran out of food. Zuo Liangyu asked the peasant army Liu Guoneng to pretend to carry food to help, Zhang Xianzhong was hungry and opened the camp gate to greet him. Zuo Liangyu doesn't seem to have learned much about the art of war, at least Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang used Jiang Wei's strategy to fake Cao Wei, and Zuo Liangyu knew it.
Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and began to run wildly towards the highway.
Zuo Liangyu's army was in hot pursuit, and it seemed that Zhang Xianzhong would not be able to escape this time. He handed over his belongings to Zuo Liangyu's army and said:'If you starve me to death, the result must be rabbits and dogs. You used to be arrogant, will Yang Dudu forgive you?
I don't know if Zhang Xianzhong's words played a role, or the treasure played a role, Zuo Liangyu let Zhang Xianzhong escape.
Yang Sichuan swore to defend Zhang Xianzhong to the death, sent heavy troops to surround Zhang Xianzhong, and issued a notice that anyone who swore to defend Zhang Xianzhong to the death would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver.
Soon, Yang Sichang also received a message: Whoever beheaded the first assistant of the cabinet (Yang Sichang) will be rewarded with three taels of silver.
Zhang Xianzhong took when he encountered a strong enemy"Every step of the way"The strategy is to fight while walking, win while fighting, and run away while winning. He also prepared a cavalry, each with three horses, to attack Shan Yu's Ming army, causing Yang Sichuan to suffer a big loss.
Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan under the pursuit of a strong enemy. Zhang Xianzhong is already preparing for the next big oath.
Xiangyang was the camp of Yang Sichang in the Ming Dynasty and the residence of King Xiang.
Zhang Xianzhong decided to take the plunge in the fire.
Zhang Xianzhong's Sichuan army suddenly turned around and headed east, marching 300 miles overnight, approaching Xiangyang. Xiangyang City reacted immediately, Zhang Xianzhong attacked the Hong Kong gull for a long time, the suspension bridge was lowered on the city, and Xiangyang City was broken without a fight.
When King Xiang, who was in his seventies, knelt down to plead guilty, Zhang Xianzhong said"I want to cut off the head of Yang Sichang in Shu, and now I want to borrow the head of King Xiang to hunt down and kill Sichang and establish a clan.
When Yang Sichang got the news that Xiangyang City was broken and Xiangyang was killed, he was so shocked that he didn't think about it, and soon he died.
After Yang Sichang's death, the Ming Dynasty no longer had an overall plan, and he also died two years later.