The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 782
This is simply a massacre.

The cavalry couldn't get out at all.

There are only two or three riders in a row, and the moat is only a few meters wide.

The Ming army has a thousand blunderbusses, shooting freely in turn.

I saw the cavalry keep falling.

The large-scale charge of the Qing soldiers required huge casualties to rush to the front of the Ming army's blunderbuss formation, not to mention how many of them rushed forward.

After a while, the gate of the city was surrounded by dead and wounded cavalry and horses of the Western Army, and the successor soldiers and horses could not rush up and were blocked.

"Hiss..." Zhang Xianzhong and others watching the battle above were stunned.

No one expected that the guns of the Ming army in front of them would be so powerful.

Can't get out?Zhang Xianzhong and the generals looked at each other.

There is no way to rush out, and only a few people can rush out at a time. Once the front dies, the road behind will be blocked.

The more you rush, the more you die, and the more you die, the more you get in the way.

Regardless of cavalry or infantry, it is impossible to rush across the moat with a hard charge.

"Gather the craftsmen in the city to make iron tools and use iron shields to block them. Maybe you can try it." Li Dingguo said at this time.

Zhang Xianzhong was startled and frightened, of course he didn't want to be trapped in the city.

"Can the guns of the Ming army be inexhaustible?" Some people objected: "Just ask the brothers to rush."

"What's the use of blocking the door if you die too much?" Li Dingguo said sharply.

Yes, although the Ming army's guns are not endless, but after they are knocked out, they will be blocked outside and must be cleaned before they can charge again.

"What's more, the Ming army still has artillery, which is useless. Relying on force is not enough."

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to summon the infantry to charge hard to see how well the Ming army's blunderbusses were capable of hitting.

At the same time, craftsmen were summoned to create a huge iron shield.

The 1000 people of the Ming army guarded one side, firing guns in turn, not afraid of blowing up the chamber, not to mention that there were a large number of gun soldiers behind.

The infantrymen who rushed out suffered heavy casualties. Only more than 100 people died and the passage was almost blocked, making it impossible to charge again.

After charging several times, the Ming army's blunderbuss did not change, and seeing that there were still a large number of Ming army blunderbuss in the distance, Zhang Xianzhong resolutely gave up the method of forceful charging.

Iron shields began to be built in the city.

At the beginning, it was relatively light to build, and it could be lifted by one person, with a wooden shield and an iron sheet.

From day to night, more than 20 were built.

They tried to rush out from the south gate.

Bang bang bang, the Ming army still used guns to fight.

It can break through at a distance and penetrate at close range.

Iron shields are completely useless and will still be damaged.

The number of keys is not enough, and the people behind do not have it, and it is useless.

After the failure, Zhang Xianzhong closed the city gate, looking for more craftsmen to build heavier and thicker iron shields.

That night, Wang Weizhong received a report from Yuan Youcai's messenger.

Chongqing had been captured by him half a month ago, Zhang Xianzhong's army in Chongqing was wiped out, Yuan Youcai's army was coming here, let him support it for a few days.

The courier said that the two of them ran fast with two horses. The army set out from Chongqing for several days and arrived in two days at most.

Wang Weizhong was overjoyed and more confident.

Early the next morning, it was just dawn.

Bang, the south gate opened wide.

A large number of Great Western troops are already in full battle.

In front were dozens of powerful Great Western Army warriors, every three of them held an iron shield.

This iron shield is extremely long, thick, and very heavy.

The three of them raised a shield, but it was still very difficult.

In one night, they built such big iron shields on four sides.

"Come on." Following Sun Kewang's order.

The three of them held a large iron shield against their bodies and moved forward.

Take a break every time you move.

Bang bang bang, the Ming army fired a gun.

Dangdang, the sound kept ringing, and there was really nothing to do with them.

"Hahaha, rush out and destroy this Ming army." Sun Kewang was excited.

The morale of the Daxi Army was greatly shaken, and they moved forward desperately.

But this iron shield is too heavy, and the speed cannot be increased.

Just when they were about to rush out of the city gate passage.

"Boom" There was a loud noise in the distance, whoosh, a shell flew over.

The first shot missed the iron shield and flew behind it.

Puchi, killed a group of people behind on the spot, rolled twice after landing, bang, and exploded again.

The people behind the Daxi army who were about to charge were turned on their backs by the bombers, screaming again and again.

The ones ahead are getting away with it.

The second shot hit their iron shields directly.

The three people holding the shields crashed to the ground and hit the other shield behind them.

Boom, another explosion at the scene.

The shield holders in the first three rows were all knocked down, and some were not knocked down by the blow, but were overturned by the impact.

Boom, the third shot came in again, hitting the back.

After the three cannons were fired, the iron shields in front fell to the ground one after another, and the Great Western Army was killed and wounded again.

After such a heavy iron shield fell to the ground, the Daxi army behind couldn't help it up.

What's more, the sound of gunfire from the Ming army sounded again.

The Daxi Army couldn't stand it, and was defeated again, and retreated to the city.

Several iron shields were made in vain again, and they could not be taken back at all.

This was a waste of energy, and someone quickly thought of the shield chariot of the Qing soldiers.

The Daxi army had never fought against the Qing soldiers, and the Ming army's guns were not good, let alone shielded chariots.

But some smart people thought of using an ordinary car with dirt piled on it to block blunderbuss and cannons.

Zhang Xianzhong praised the person who came up with the idea and rebuilt the shield car.

But when their shield car was pushed out, whoosh, the Ming army's catapult threw a petrol bomb directly.

Bang, the shield chariot burned instantly, and the Great Western Army fled in all directions, and the shield chariot stayed where it was, blocking the way to charge again.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and frantically beheaded several deserters.

They still couldn't get out the next day.

At this time Zhang Xianzhong was a little irritable.

The Ming army blocked the gate of the city tightly, and tens of 10 of them could not rush out. This means that in the future, when the food is eaten, they will all die inside.

How to do?
At this time, they thought that the Ming army had few soldiers and dared not attack, so they only dared to block.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong repeated his old trick. He sent someone to see the Ming army leader, and he spent money to buy the road.

Wang Weizhong had to delay the time anyway, and asked, how much can you pay?

When the news came back, Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed, and immediately sent another message.

"50 million taels."

Wang Weizhong was furious: "When I am a beggar? At least 300 million taels, I will retreat."

Zhang Xianzhong cursed loudly, but in order to stabilize Wang Weizhong, he decided to agree.

They also wanted to take advantage of the situation and kill Wang Weizhong when he retreated.

Wang Weizhong said, you first send 300 million taels of silver to the common people, and then we will retreat.

Zhang Xianzhong is going to hide the person in the box, and when the silver is transported out, he will suddenly attack.

But Wang Weizhong also said, ten cars and ten cars come out, we have to check.

This is difficult to handle, Zhang Xianzhong thought hard about the countermeasures.

After the two sides quarreled like this, another day passed.

On the third day, amidst the sound of rumbling iron cavalry, Yuan Youcai's 3 soldiers and horses rushed to the foot of Chengdu City, and at the same time brought a large amount of food and grass.

When Zhang Xianzhong saw that there were tens of thousands more officers and soldiers at the top of the city, he was startled and afraid, and couldn't believe it.

At the same time, he also knew that Chongqing had been lost, there were no soldiers and horses outside, and the morale of the Great Western Army was seriously injured.

Once Yuan Youcai's troops arrived, Wang Weizhong stopped talking nonsense with him.

Wang Weizhong was preparing for the siege. He first allocated soldiers and horses, then guarded the surrounding area, and then waited for Tongchuan's supplies.

After waiting for a few more days, the [-] soldiers and horses from Tongchuan arrived late with a large amount of luggage and carriages. There was no way, the road in Sichuan was really difficult.

So far, Ding Yi's 11 troops who entered Sichuan have gathered under the city of Chengdu.

Zhang Xianzhong made another trick at the last moment, willing to recruit security.

Wang Weizhong said yes, you bring a few generals out first.

Of course Zhang Xianzhong refused.

At this time, he was at the end of his rope and could only prepare for a bloody battle with the Ming army.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't really see the power of the Ming army until Tongchuan's supplies and soldiers arrived.

A large number of trebuchets were transported around.

On the first day, they threw petrol bombs on the city tower in a whizzing manner, and after a wave of throwing, no one could stand on the top of the city.

Then organize captives and women and children of the Western Army to start filling the moat.

Because there is no one on the top of the city, and there are no bows and arrows to shoot down, it is very fast to fill the moat city.

The Great Western Army also knew that the top of the city could not be defended, and they were all preparing for a decisive battle in the city.

The next day, the Ming army went up to the city wall, and then defended it with blunderbusses, and then opened the gates around the city, and the artillery entered.

Then move the artillery to the head of the city and aim it at the city.

All the fighting methods were in accordance with the Ming army's assumptions. The Daxi army had no choice at all, and was forced to fight the Ming army in the city.

Gunners are sharp weapons in street warfare, and even infantry cannot approach them at close range.

Zhang Xianzhong defeated Chengdu on the ninth day of August, and Wang Weizhong defeated Zhang Xianzhong on the [-]th day of August.

At the last moment, Zhang Xianzhong frantically massacred the family members of the king of Shu and officials of the Ming Dynasty who were arrested.

The resistance of the Daxi army was also very fierce. The Ming army fought until August [-], killing Zhang Xianzhong with cannonballs, and then completely pacified the whole city.

During the war, Bai Wenxuan and Sun Kewang died in battle, Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu surrendered, and Li Dingguo was seriously injured and arrested.

The Daxi Army was wiped out, 20 were killed, and nearly [-] surrendered.

Because of Zhang Xianzhong's cruelty, he cut off one hand of more than 3 officers and soldiers in Chongqing, and killed all the generals and civilian officials. Wang Weizhong was also furious.

All the generals of the Peasant Army, except Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu, were all executed.

Then select the elite from the surrendered soldiers, reorganize them into officers and soldiers, and get [-] elites.

Some of the other 10,000+ people were disbanded and the fields were divided, and some people turned to hoarding troops.

However, many of the Daxi Army who broke through the four gates before the siege ran away, and some continued to be bandits, and it was not until the second year that they were completely calmed down.

After Zhang Xianzhong was put down in August, there were no important peasant armies in the Ming Dynasty, and the rest were small troubles, or the former subordinates of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, or various bandits. Ding Yi deployed heavy troops in all provinces, and it was only a matter of time before they were eliminated.

Not long after, Huang Boduan, the new governor of Sichuan, came to Chengdu.

Zu Jinzhong was the commander-in-chief of Chengdu. He led 5000 Liaodong soldiers and [-] soldiers who descended from the west. Ding Yi had [-] troops. A total of [-] people were stationed in Chengdu. The defense of the five prefectures of the prefecture and Shunqing prefecture.

Ma Tao was the General Army of Chongqing, leading [-] soldiers from Ding Yi and [-] Daxi troops, stationed in Chongqing, responsible for Chongqing, Kuizhou, Mahu, Xuzhou, Zhenxiong, and Dongchuan , Meizhou and other places.

At this time, there were still a large number of Ming army officers and soldiers in other parts of Sichuan. In the original history, after Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu, he felt that there were many Ming troops around, and he went back to Huguang again. Finally, the ship sank in Jiangkou. This is the famous "Jiangkou Shenyin" ".

Wang Weizhong turned the other Ming troops into hoarders, and all defense areas were replaced by soldiers and horses from Ma Tao and Zu Jinzhong.

In addition, Qin Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, was still stationed at the same place. On behalf of Ding Yi, Wang Weizhong specially sent 30 taels of silver as a reward, and Qin Liangyu expressed his thanks again and again.

After destroying Zhang Xianzhong, not only got a lot of soldiers and horses, but also a lot of money.

When Zhang Xianzhong broke Wuchang, the history records that he moved out of the Chu Palace in Wuchang with "millions of gold and silver each, and hundreds of chariots that could never run out."

And the Shu Palace in Chengdu is also known as "the palace of the world, but the Shu Palace is the richest."

In the original history, when Zhang Xianzhong retreated from Chengdu, it is said that there were thousands of ships full of wealth.

Wang Weizhong deliberately let the peasant army destroy Chengdu first, and then seize the wealth of the peasant army. Now all the wealth falls into Wang Weizhong's hands.

The wealth of the Shu Palace and the Chu Palace is only counted in gold and silver, which is equivalent to nearly 600 million taels of silver.

Including the other treasures robbed by the Western Army and the proceeds from Nanjing, Ding Yi's silver is estimated to have exceeded [-] million, and it will not be used up in a few years anyway.

After Sichuan was pacified, there were small bandits in the country.

Within a year, Ding Yi successively changed new governors, transferred new general soldiers, and deployed soldiers and horses to various provinces.

Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Guangdong, etc., were controlled one after another by the end of the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), and as long as the scattered rebels were slowly wiped out, the place could be pacified.

The Great Ming Dynasty is now in the hands of Ding Yi step by step.

(End of this chapter)