The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 780 Soldiers Surround Chengdu
Like Zhang Xunwei, most of the nobles in Nanjing city don't take away any money and don't divide their fields.

As a result, three days later, heads were rolling, and everyone saw Ding Yi's ferocity and ruthlessness.

More than half of the nobles and officials of the original Ming Dynasty were killed, which was more ruthless than Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing.

The reason for the killing is still aboveboard, and the resistance order is not followed.

Every time the head was beheaded, countless people around came to watch, and everyone scolded these national thieves for disobeying the imperial edict and refusing to divide the land.

Another part saw the bad situation and divided the fields first, and finally escaped unharmed.

However, some people deliberately divided the fields that were not good, and were reported again, and they were also severely punished, only to save their lives.

From the beginning of August to the end of September, Nanjing was pacified.

Ding Yi searched the noble gentry in Nanjing and obtained a total of 400 million taels of silver and gold, as well as countless other precious things such as jewelry and ginseng.

At this time, Ding Yi already had more than [-] million taels of silver in his hands.

And in most parts of Jiangnan Province, it hasn't started yet.

Beginning in October, the Nanjing government re-measured all the grain fields, including those previously divided.

At this time, no one dared to resist.

The nobles used their heads to set an example for everyone.

And the gentry in the entire Jiangnan trembled under Ding Yi's imperial decree.

But this is the first wave. After the re-measurement of the land, the tax will be collected according to the land. The more the land, the heavier the tax. The days that follow are also dark for the gentry.

The key point is that Ding Yi's first wave of land division and the abolition of slavery, the gentry will no longer have servants and servants willing to work for them, and some people will want to gather people to make trouble, but they can't get together.
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Ding Yi used the method of the big officials to suppress the Fans, one by one, occupied one by one, consolidated one by one, and implemented the New Deal one by one.

Usually, soldiers and horses are arranged in a certain place first, and if there are not enough soldiers and horses, they are recruited on the spot, and then they are trained and deployed, and then they start when everything is arranged. Because Jiangnan is the richest and has a large number of soldiers and horses, it is the first batch to get it done.

On the contrary, in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces, many local soldiers and horses were sent out by Ding Yi, and the New Deal basically started to be implemented in September and October.

While Ding Yi was promoting the New Deal across the country, Huang Fei's troops had already arrived in Guizhou.

Huang Fei was the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang. He led [-] Ding Yi's troops and Zuo Liangyu's [-] troops to garrison Xiangyang.

He arrived in Wuchang in early June, arrived in Yueyang in three days, and then did not go to Xiangyang.

Instead, retrain soldiers and horses in Yueyang, and let Ding Yi's people train Zuo Liangyu's people.

Here, the salary is paid on time every month, and food and drink are guaranteed. Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses stabilized quickly.

Also in June, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses attacked Chongqing from Kuizhou. They first defeated Qin Liangyu, a female general of the Sichuan General Soldier, and then captured Fotu Pass and came to Chongqing.

In fact, Ding Yi had gathered a large number of soldiers in Hanzhong, but he didn't know when Zhang Xianzhong would attack Sichuan. In addition to the difficulty of communication in this era, he still needed to stockpile food and grass, so he missed the best time to intercept.

By the time he had prepared his soldiers, horses, food and grass, Zhang Xianzhong had already entered Chongqing.

On June [-], Zhang Xianzhong broke through Chongqing. He captured [-] officers and soldiers alive, and then ordered that all the officers and soldiers' right hands be cut off.

Then Zhu Changhao, king of Duan, Chen Xun of Guannan Road, governor Chen Shiqi, prefect Wang Xingjian, etc., all the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty in Chongqing were executed.

At the beginning of July, he left General Liu Tingju to guard Chongqing, and led the army to march west to Chengdu.

The Daxi Army attacked Hezhou first, Zhusheng Dong Kezhi spent all his wealth to recruit rebels, after being defeated, he retreated to the cave and guarded it for more than 30 days. People, all martyred.

The Daxi Army attacked Yongchuan again, and Jiang Shixuan's 200 people stood firm and were killed.

By the fifth day of August, Zhang's troops had already approached Chengdu.

In mid-July, Huang Degong's [-] troops, Zu Jinzhong's and Xu Wenhu's [-] troops, and Wang Weizhong's [-] troops converged in Hanzhong.

At this time they also got the news that Zhang Xianzhong had broken through Chongqing.

At that time, the generals were divided into two parts. Huang Degong and Zu Jinzhong demanded to go from Hanzhong to Baoning Mansion, and then Shunqing Mansion. Zhang Xianzhong intercepted him on the march.

Wang Weizhong feels that he has to go a long way like this, and he may not be able to catch up. He wants to go straight to Chengdu and fight Zhang Xianzhong in Chengdu.

The generals thought about it, and they thought it was okay.

At the moment, Wang Weizhong's army entered Sichuan from Hanzhong.

First went to Baoning Mansion, at this time Baoning Mansion was still in the hands of the officers and soldiers, but Wang Weizhong asked for food and only gave him a few hundred shi, which was not enough.

There is no way, Baoning is already willing to help, if there is no food, there is no food. If Ding Yi did not have the name of Jian Guo, he would not have a few hundred shi.

This proves the importance of Ding Yi's stockpiling of grain in the early stage. If he does not have enough grain and goes directly to Sichuan, even if he is undefeated, it will be difficult to fight. After all, they have too many troops.

Wang Weizhong divided the soldiers and horses into two here.

Yuan Youcai and Ma Tao's [-] troops and Zu Jinzhong's [-] troops, a total of [-] troops, went south to fight Chongqing, and they were assigned [-] soldiers with carts and catapults.

At the same time, Huang Fei from Huguang was called to attack from Huguang direction, and Huang Fei was asked to support grain and grass from Huguang.

His soldiers and horses and Huang Degong's [-] went to Chengdu.

Wang Weizhong was very thoughtful about fighting. He didn't want to fight Zhang Xianzhong in the wild, because it would be meaningless even if he won.

Because they had defeated Li Zicheng twice in Datong and Lugouqiao before, and Li Zicheng ran away.

Moreover, in the later period, a large number of defeated and rebellious troops harmed the local area, and the Ming army conscripted and suppressed everywhere, causing great pain.

The territory of Shanxi has not yet been completely pacified, and Ding Yi's New Deal has not been fully implemented.

So Wang Weizhong deliberately walked slowly, waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to attack Chengdu.

Because he knew that after Zhang Xianzhong entered Chengdu, he might not be willing to give up and leave, even if he wanted to leave, he would not leave immediately, he would definitely rob.

At that time, as long as Chengdu is surrounded like Xi'an, Zhang Xianzhong can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

It has to be said that it was a correct choice for Ding Yi to let Wang Weizhong direct.

They carried a large number of carts and supplies, and the mountains in Sichuan were difficult to travel, and carts were not easy to travel in many places.

The army slowly arrived at Tongchuan, and they had received news that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were about to arrive in Chengdu.

It was more than 200 miles from Tongchuan to Chengdu, and Wang Weizhong immediately ordered a suspension.

Huang Degong expressed his dissatisfaction and asked Wang Weizhong why he didn't march faster. You are all cavalry and everyone has horses.

Wang Weizhong said, if Zhang Xianzhong is defeated in the wild, they will surely disperse and flee, and they will make a comeback in a short time. You have been fighting with the bandits for so long, don't you know?

Huang Degong was taken aback by the question, as if it was true.

No matter how many times the officers and soldiers have won in these years, they were all run away by the bandits.

"When they enter Chengdu, they will definitely be reluctant to leave for a short time. We will suddenly appear everywhere and surround them."

Huang Degong said worriedly: "The thieves will surely kill countless people when they enter Chengdu."

"Let them run out, and they won't be wiped out in a year or two. More people will die."

Huang Degong felt that it made sense, so he could only let out a long sigh.

At present, Wang Weizhong asked the whole army to rest in Tongchuan for two days, and then gave up part of the luggage, leaving [-] regular soldiers and [-] stockpiled troops to garrison, and the rest only brought food and grass for ten days.

The whole army rushed to Hanzhou, north of Chengdu.

Hidden behind a mountain in Hanzhou.

At this time, it was less than a hundred miles away from Chengdu, and at the same time, a small number of sentry cavalry were sent to Chengdu to watch the situation.

In the first ten days of August, Zhang Xianzhong and the officers and soldiers fought in the city. The officers and soldiers ran out of artillery, but they could not stop Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers from approaching the city. Zhang Xianzhong saw that the city of Chengdu was large and there was no threat of artillery, so he sent people to dig tunnels under the city wall with great fanfare. , put gunpowder.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Great Western Army ignited the gunpowder in the tunnel, and the north corner of the Chengdu Wall was blown down. The defenders fled in all directions.

Zhu Zhipeng, the last king of Shu, threw his family into a well and died, and his son was captured alive by Zhang Xianzhong.

Another large number of Sichuan officials and soldiers will be killed.

In the original history, after the Daxi army entered the city, they slaughtered and looted for three days. Three days later, Zhang Xianzhong actually wanted to massacre all the people in Chengdu. Zhang Xianzhong gave up after making a request.

But this time in history, he has no chance to slaughter for three days.

On the night of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Wang Weizhong's 6-strong army repeated the old trick. They came from Hanzhou to Chengdu by moonlight, and when they approached Chengdu, they all got off their horses and tied their horseshoes with cloth.

I finally arrived outside Chengdu at about three o'clock in the morning on the tenth day of the lunar new year.

At this time, the city was still full of flames, and more than half of the Daxi Army's soldiers and horses were slaughtering and looting in the city, and some of them did not stop all night.

There are four gates in Chengdu, and there are soldiers and horses of the Western Army stationed outside the gates, about 1 people each.

There are tens of thousands of old and weak women and children outside the city.

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong claimed to have an army of 60, but in fact, the elderly, weak, women and children also accounted for a lot.

In the darkness, Huang Degong, Wang Weizhong, Xu Bicheng and other generals all rode quietly on their horses, looking at the city of Chengdu in the distance.

"We must not let Zhang Xianzhong run away this time, we must seal the city gate first." Huang Degong gritted his teeth.

Wang Weizhong nodded, and immediately began to assign tasks: "Xu Wenhu, your troops attack the south gate, mainly to drive out the bandits, and then block the south gate."

"promise."

Xu Bicheng attacked the north gate and blocked the north gate and the collapsed north wall, while Huang Degong attacked the east gate and blocked the east gate.

Wang Weizhong attacked the west gate by himself and blocked the west side.

After the allocation, the ministries were scattered in all directions. After the hoarders arrived at their positions, they began to assemble the trebuchets.

There were still people slaughtering and looting in the city at this time, but it was quiet outside the city. The Great West Army thought that there was no Ming army to resist, and the four battalions were all asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Weizhong slowly pulled out his saber and looked at the generals around him.

Suddenly, bang, a burst of fireworks shot into the sky.

This is the farthest north gate fireworks. The soldiers and horses at the north gate are ready, and they can attack from all sides.

"Let's go. Deportation is the main thing, and Chengdu is trapped."

More than 1 riders rushed over mightily.

Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses must have never imagined that there was such a large Ming army nearby, let alone that they would come to attack the camp in the middle of the night.

Wang Weizhong was planning to block the city after driving away these soldiers and horses.

Unexpectedly, they had been attacking the city for a few days, and now they were sleeping very hard. A large group of cavalry rushed forward without any resistance.

The four gates were all smashed to pieces, countless peasant soldiers were killed in their sleep, and even trampled alive by war horses. More people could only surrender without even having a chance to raise their weapons.

The inside and outside of Chengdu city can be described as two worlds at this time, with the same scene.

There are still a small number of peasant troops in the city who plunder, play with women, and slaughter them thoroughly.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses outside broke through the four camps in an instant, hacking and killing everywhere.

The peasant army cried and shouted, and fled in all directions, most of them fled to the city immediately.

Wang Weizhong and the others took advantage of the situation to drive people into the city.

(End of this chapter)