The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 688

The officers and soldiers attacked back and forth, and tens of thousands of routs had nowhere to escape. After trying to attack several times and leaving hundreds of thousands of corpses behind, they finally completely lost their courage.

"Surrender to avoid death, surrender to avoid death!" The officers and soldiers shouted loudly, and the sound shook the canyon.

After the deserters looked at each other in blank dismay, someone finally dropped their weapons and raised their hands above their heads and came out to surrender.

"May I surrender! I will surrender! I will wait and surrender!"

Someone took the lead, and the rest soon followed suit. Dozens, hundreds, thousands of deserters dropped their weapons and raised their hands and began to surrender.

The general guarding the gate of Jianmen who was among the rout soldiers thought he could escape the attack of the rout soldiers, but unexpectedly fell into a dilemma, and he was secretly worried.

"General, we have nowhere to go, why don't we surrender too." The commander of the guards beside him persuaded in a low voice.

"How can you surrender easily? If I surrender, my family will definitely be implicated. Who doesn't know the cruelty of Emperor Daxi." Jianmen gate guard shook his head and hesitated.

"General, don't be confused at this time. If you think about it, even if you don't surrender, even if we can escape back, it will be a dead end. The battle of Jianmenguan was the first battle we fought against the army. Less than one Shichen City has been destroyed, even if you go back, Zhang Mazi will not let you go, not to mention that your whole family will be imprisoned, I am afraid that even the Nine Clans will be killed by Zhang Mazi." The commander of the soldiers continued earnestly Persuade.

This guard is actually a Ming general who surrendered in the past. He surrendered early when Zhang Xianzhong invaded Shuzhou, and was appreciated by Zhang Xianzhong, who made him continue to be the guard of Jianmen Gate.

The commander of the personal army was also his original confidant, and he was terrified by what he said.

Zhang Xianzhong was called Zhang Mazi because of the many moles on his face.Coupled with this person's sallow skin and cruel heart, he is also known as the "Yellow Tiger".

When Zhang Xianzhong invaded Shuzhou and attacked Jinguan City, he received resistance from the government army. Although he finally captured the city, a large number of government troops also surrendered.

However, in order to vent his anger and show his majesty and brutality, Zhang Xianzhong even lined up tens of thousands of surrendered officers and soldiers, and cut off one palm of each of them. The reputation of brutality spread throughout Shuzhou.

In fact, this is not the first time Zhang Xianzhong has done this.Moreover, in Zhang Xianzhong's view, cutting off each person's palm was already an act of mercy.

In the previous battles, he ordered the massacre of tens of thousands of captives of the officers and soldiers. Compared with the two, only cutting off one palm is really a mercy.

Zhang Xianzhong's character is moody. One second he was still smiling, and the next second it was thunder and rain.

Like Li Zicheng, he has no offspring.Li Zicheng married two wives in his life, and Mrs. Xing eloped with his general Gao Jie.The second Mrs. Gao doesn't seem to be too conservative.

Neither of the two wives gave birth to a son or a daughter for him.

Although Zhang Xianzhong had slept with quite a few women, most of them would get disgusted after sleeping with them for a few days, and then cut them off with a knife.

The most obvious manifestation of Zhang Xianzhong's moody personality is bloodlust.The most widely known is the famous "Seven Killing Monument" he erected outside Jinguan City:
"Heaven gives all things to people, and people have nothing to do with heaven. Ghosts and gods are clear, think about yourself."

Translated into the vernacular is: "Everything is born for man, but man's actions are unworthy of God. So he deserves to be killed, and don't blame me if he becomes a ghost."

This sentence is reflected in his actions, that is, he will kill people with excuses at any time.There is no reason to find a reason to kill.

Once his adopted son and confidant general Sun Kewang returned from a victorious battle. The civil officials of Daxi Kingdom went out of the city to greet him according to the old official rules of the Ming Dynasty, presenting congratulatory gifts and handing over the "joint certificate".

When Zhang Xianzhong found out, he was furious. The reason for his fury was that since these people became my officials, they still followed the bad habits of the old dynasty, so they should all be damned. He even ordered more than 200 people to be executed with sticks.

Another time, because of a small mistake, he even killed more than 300 civil servants.Some people persuaded everyone to kill everyone to do things, but Zhang Xianzhong said, "Is there still no one to do civil servants?"

There are countless such things, and Zhang Xianzhong himself regards himself as a murderous demon, and even said that he is learning from Huang Chao.

He killed women, captives, civilian officials, and civilians. From the time he entered Shuzhou to the time he left, only 1000 to [-]% of the population of more than [-] million people was killed.

It can be said that in the Ming Empire at that time, the three words Zhang Xianzhong were the most frightening to mention.

Although Li Zicheng was ruthless and killed countless people, he was far inferior to Zhang Xianzhong.

To use a modern term, Zhang Xianzhong is a typical social anti-human personality, with serious personality defects, and a complete pessimist.

This kind of pessimism is not pessimism about one's own life, but a pessimistic view of the world.If such a person is just an ordinary person, he has no power or power, at most he will destroy himself or kill a few people.

But if it is placed on someone like Zhang Xianzhong, it will be a catastrophe for the people of the world.

Killing people for no reason, not to mention the serious crime of losing the city and land.

When Jianmen gatekeeper thought of this, his whole body trembled, and without any hesitation, he immediately decided to surrender.

The main generals have all surrendered, and the others are no problem.In less than half an hour, all the tens of thousands of captives dropped their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.

Soldiers of the National Defense Forces from the front and rear groups immediately separated and settled the captives, and took away the weapons.

When the major general and division commander of the national defense army knew that there was a general guarding the gate of Jianmen among the prisoners, he was also overjoyed and asked to bring him here.

"Are you the general guarding the gate of Jianmen?" the major general asked after looking at him.

Seeing the officer general in woolen short military uniform before him, the Jianmen gatekeeper suppressed his curiosity, and hurriedly said: "Humble is the Jianmen guard Dang Zhiyong, who was originally a guerrilla in Guangning City of the Ming Dynasty. General, Zhang Mazi was powerful at the time, so he had no choice but to surrender him. Now that the imperial army has arrived, I am willing to abandon the dark side and return to the court, and I hope the general will give me a chance to make meritorious deeds and atone for my sins."

Unexpectedly, this fellow was a general of the Ming Dynasty before, the major general thought for a while and said: "If you can make great contributions, I will plead with Marshal Di and pardon you for surrendering to Bandit Zhang."

Dang Zhiyong was also a bit courageous, and hurriedly said: "General, I am willing to go to Guangning City to persuade you to surrender. The guard of Guangning is a good friend of the humble, and like the inferior, he surrendered Zhang thief because of expediency. Zhang thief was in Shuzhou The perverse behavior, countless murders, is totally unpopular. Most of the officers and soldiers in the city are composed of local people in Shuzhou. If the humble go to persuade him to surrender, he must be sure to persuade him to return to the court."

The major general has this intention, anyway, let's give it a try.If it succeeds, it will be good, but if it fails, there will be no loss, and a small surrender will not turn the world upside down.

He pretended to ponder for a moment, then nodded and said: "If that's the case, you should try it. If it works, it will be a great achievement for you. If you have other ideas, then ask for blessings."

Dang Zhiyong hastily said: "Humblely return to the court with one heart, absolutely dare not have other selfish thoughts, and will definitely live up to the general's expectations."

The major general gave him a horse, and asked him to take a few followers and go to Guangning City.

(End of this chapter)