The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 234
Although Hanzhong Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi, it is the gateway to the middle of Shu, and it has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times.

At this time, facing the pressure of the Ming army, the [-] Great Western Army temporarily recruited had already panicked and had no fighting spirit, relying entirely on natural dangers to support them.

However, even Zhang Xianzhong himself knew that if this situation continued, he might not last long, so he pinned all his hopes on his adopted son Li Dingguo.

I hope he can defeat Qin Lihua and Li Dakai as soon as possible, and then come to support him. As long as he can defeat the Ming army in eastern Sichuan and defend Hanzhong, he can continue to claim the king by relying on the natural dangers of the Shu road.

But looking at Li Dingguo's handwritten letter, Zhang Xianzhong was speechless for a long time, and finally sighed, and ordered someone to invite the messenger of the red lady into the lobby, and agreed to surrender.

The envoy was also overjoyed, he never expected that the Eight Great Kings, who were hesitant a few days ago, would suddenly agree today, he was really overjoyed.

"Don't worry, the King of Shu. Your Majesty will treat him kindly with the imperial concubine personally as the guarantor."

The emissary seemed to be afraid of Zhang Xianzhong's repentance, and after realizing it, he quickly gave a word of relief.

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and didn't say anything about it. The two sides agreed on the time and specific details, and the envoy left in a hurry.

And Zhang Xianzhong also began to write back to Li Dingguo.

Five days later, Wu Sangui marched into Hanzhong with a large army, and all the Daxi troops put down their weapons.

At the same time, Li Dingguo in eastern Sichuan also ordered [-] soldiers to lay down their weapons and formally surrender to the Ming army.

So far, the peasant uprising army that has been rampant for more than 36 years has been completely put down, and the leaders of the [-]th Battalion of the rebel army have all come to an end.

Hong Niangzi was also very excited to win Sichuan without bloodshed, and immediately ordered Li Dakai and Qin Lihua to take over all parts of Sichuan and treat the soldiers well. Zuo Menggeng stayed in Hanzhong, and Wu Sangui led the army back to Chang'an.

As for the Eight Great Kings, Li Dingguo and a group of generals, big and small, all went to Chang'an, and then joined the surrendered generals of the invading army, and headed to the capital together.

Half a month later, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo came to Chang'an with hundreds of generals, big and small. The red lady did not treat them harshly, and even hosted a banquet in person.

"Don't worry, everyone, Your Majesty is talented and broad-minded. He is a rare and eternal sage.

"Thank you, ma'am, I'll toast you again!"

In the hall of King Qin's Mansion, more than 20 anti-thief leaders, including Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Zongmin, and Li Dingguo, felt relieved and entrusted their wealth, life and future to Hong Niangzi.

"For the king of Shu, I have been famous for a long time, but unfortunately I have never seen him. Today, my wish is finally fulfilled. Come, I will offer you a toast!"

The red lady raised her wine glass and said to Zhang Xianzhong.

"Your Majesty has shown her love. I, Lao Zhang, have admired your Majesty for a long time. It's time to toast your Majesty!"

Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly said modestly.

"Oh, how can you say that you are also a senior, you should."

The red lady waved her hand and said with a smile.

Seeing her saying this without any airs, the atmosphere in the hall immediately relaxed. After three glasses of wine, Hong Niangzi talked about her rebellion at the beginning, and everyone became interested and began to talk about herself The glorious deeds of the year.

I didn't know, I thought it was a group of anti-thief leaders holding a party again, but fortunately, Hong Niangzi sent all the idlers away beforehand.

After making some arrangements, Hong Niangzi set off for the capital with a group of generals three days later, and finally arrived at the end of October.

And Zhu Cihong, who had learned the news in advance, also returned to the capital with the leaders of the Tumote Department, and the army was still on the way.

As for the Anton Capital Protectorate City, which is still under construction, the people of the Tumed tribe are still on the way to migrate.

In order to frighten the Mongolian tribes, Zhu Cihong left Huang Degong's right army on the grassland to practice riding while building the city.

"My concubine, I didn't expect you to kill King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings without bloodshed in such a short period of time. It's really wonderful."

In the imperial study room, Zhu Cihong held the red lady in his arms, and laughed non-stop.

He knew that there was a big reason why the eight kings and all the generals of King Chuang surrendered so happily, and the noble concubine Hong Niangzi was also a traitor in the past.

In his heart, Yu Fa felt that he was too wise to canonize her as a noble concubine, which saved a lot of trouble.

"The concubine didn't expect His Majesty's first personal conquest, so he beat Na Duoergun and Hong Chengchou to pieces, and fled back in embarrassment." The red lady also praised.

After the husband and wife praised each other, they began to talk about the business.

"Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with the Eight Great Kings and those generals?"

"My concubine, what's the situation in the northwest and southwest?"

Zhu Cihong didn't answer immediately, but asked with a straight face. He wanted to clarify the situation in the two places before making a decision.

The red lady's face also became serious, and she sighed and replied: "The situation in the northwest is not good. Everywhere is in ruins. Even the vicinity of Chang'an is very depressed. The combined population is probably less than 200 million. Sichuan is better. Much more, but the landlords and gentry were almost killed by the Eight Great Kings."

"It doesn't matter whether the landlords and gentry live or die, the main thing is ordinary people." Zhu Cihong waved his hands.

"The courtiers and concubines have already understood that the Great Western Army did not intrude much on ordinary people. Most of them were just coercion. Later, after nominally surrendering to the imperial court, Sun Kewang implemented a lot of policies to benefit the people."

"Well, if that's the case, the Eight Great Kings can let him spend the rest of his life in peace. Other generals who are talented can continue to join the army after studying in the martial arts hall. As for the idiots, just give them the status of military officers and let them make a living by themselves. "

Zhu Cihong thought about it and said.

It was rumored in later generations that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered all the rooms in Sichuan, but he never believed it at all.

Because Zhang Xianzhong was a peasant himself, he rebelled when he couldn't survive. He would kill all the Han people in Sichuan unless he was stupid, and he would only slaughter the rich if he wanted to.

As for ordinary people, there is no reason to massacre at all.

After all, it has never been heard since ancient times that the Han warlord would go crazy and massacre the Han people on his own territory.

So it is obvious who slaughtered Sichuan.

The red lady also heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the words. Although she knew that the little emperor's bearing should be able to accommodate the Eight Great Kings and those rebel generals, but the power of the sky is unpredictable, and the emperor's heart is unpredictable, so I was a little worried just now , I am afraid that he will directly kill all the thousands of rebels.

The next day, Zhu Cihong personally received Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Li Guo, and Liu Zongmin.

As for the other anti-thief leaders, they are not qualified to meet the emperor, obviously not high enough.

(End of this chapter)