Chapter 319 For the sake of the party-state(1/2)
Facts have proved that Zhang Wanchun, who was originally greedy for life and fear of death, did not eventually have the heroic desire to die for his confidant because of Huang Taiji's favorable treatment for him in the past two days.
If Jiannu was surrendered before, there is no pressure to surrender now.
Zhang Chengchun surrendered again.
Wanyan Han chose to fight to the end until he was captured after being stabbed through his legs with a spear.
A Niu Lu led by Wanyan Han and nearly two thousand cavalry Jiannu who rushed in later were basically in ruins.
Especially when the city gate was not closed, people saw Huang Taiji take the lead in running away. Jiannu, who was in a state of disgrace, chose to surrender for nearly half of them.
But Emperor Chongzhen was in a very bad mood.
Everyone says snot Song, but who killed Song?
The Song Dynasty was rich and willful at that time, and could fight on several fronts. If it weren't for the loss of no war horses, it was really hard to say whether it was a victory or defeat.
Even so, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, Diaoyu City was still in charge for eight years without falling under the personal expedition of the Mongolian Khan.
It is the same length as the war of resistance in later generations.
When the father died and the son was with his grandson, the generations of people fought for it.
In the end, after the Song Dynasty was completely in chaos, Diaoyu City surrendered on the condition that it would not kill anyone after opening the city.
This unlucky guy in the Ming Dynasty was even more unlucky.
Rather than being destroyed by Li Zicheng or Jiannu, it is better to being destroyed by the surrendered Ming army and the righteous gentlemen of the Donglin Party.
The two Han dynasties that make people love and hate to the bones eventually perish indirectly in the hands of the Han people themselves.
This is very annoying.
And Emperor Chongzhen now has such a person in front of him.
Zhang Wanchun.
This guy with the same name as the founding major general in later generations has the same profession as the same soldier.
However, Zhang Wanchun, a major general in later generations, devoted his life to the country and the nation.
The sixteen words "strong, brave, loyal, and loyal to the country, experienced many battles and outstanding military achievements" are the best evaluation of him.
But what about the ginseng general Zhang Wanchun in front of him?
The sixteen words "greed for life and fear of death" are the best evaluation of him, and there is no monarch or father, and the sinner of the nation are the best evaluation of him.
Emperor Chongzhen was in a bad mood and his face looked very bad.
Now Emperor Chongzhen is becoming more and more powerful, and he is no longer the little white Huangdi who needs to rely on facial paralysis to save his acting skills. I am happy if I am happy if I am gentle and drizzle, and I am unhappy if I am thunderous.
An emperor like this who holds military, financial, human and civil rights is the real emperor.
Once one of them is missing, it is basically subject to others and has to play tricks.
Will he still be the emperor?
Not to mention anything else, the power of great victory accumulated by a few battles is enough to make Emperor Chongzhen ignore anyone who dares to escape.
The most obvious example is who dared to rebel when Zulong was there? Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, or Zhang Liang and Han Xin?
Although Emperor Chongzhen is definitely far behind Qin Emperor Hanwu, who could be even stronger than him in such a bad era in the late Ming Dynasty?
Emperor Chongzhen's face, which was hard to see now, made Zhang Wanchun, who was kneeling on the ground, keep slamming in his heart.
Unexpectedly, he surrendered to Jiannu for fear of death, but ended up falling into the hands of the imperial army.
Moreover, he had a bad temper and liked to cut off people's heads to build Jingguan, Emperor Chongzhen led his troops to fight in person.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhang Wanchun, who was kneeling on the ground and then lying speechlessly, and chuckled: "What else does General Zhang have to say?"
Zhang Wanchun thought about it and had no good plan to escape, so he could only say tremblingly: "My sinner deserves to die. I beg your Majesty to spare the crime of bringing Jiannu into the city because of his crime."
Emperor Chongzhen laughed out loud, and then asked, "In this way, General Zhang pretended to surrender to Jiannu, and was in Cao's camp and in Han's heart?"
When people fall into the water, they often catch a straw and will not let go.
The same is true for Zhang Wanchun at this time.
In order to survive, Zhang Wanchun chose to deceive himself: "I will tell you that your Majesty will definitely send troops to Zunhua to resolve the siege, so I pretended to surrender to Jiannu and lead Jiannu into the siege."
Emperor Chongzhen just pointed behind Zhang Wanchun and said, "Look at who is behind you."
Zhang Wanchun shook his body and looked back, but it was his own personal soldier commander Zhang Ercheng.
Zhang Wanchun's face suddenly turned gray.
If you could have been able to deceive yourself just now, then it is obvious that you are deceiving the king.
When he and Wanyan Han entered the city, they fought hard with their own soldiers.
If Zhang Ercheng survives, it will be the best witness. No matter how good he is, he will be useless.
As the two thighs became hot, Zhang Wanchun wailed: "Your Majesty is mercy! Your Majesty is mercy!"
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and ordered: "Let him shut up."
Zhu Gang, who was next to Emperor Chongzhen, walked forward, pinched Zhang Wanchun's chin and shook it left and right, then took it off, and stuffed a piece of rag in it.
Zhang Wanchun shut up completely now.
Emperor Chongzhen stared at Zhang Ercheng and others and said, "You are bound to be punished by the crime of following the thief. However, there are any other acts. Therefore, the crime and its own family are not involved. Can you accept it?"
Zhang Ercheng and others knew that such an end would be the case. If it weren't for the sake of the wife, children and young people at home, they would have probably followed Zhang Wanchun to the dark side.
Now that the emperor has arrived in person, he has died himself, but his family can be exempted from punishment. This is an official conclusion and is already a complete surprise. How dare you ask for more?
When Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhang Ercheng and others were pleading and pleading, he ordered: "After passing Zhang Ercheng and others nine times, he promised his head to be buried."
After Zhang Ercheng and others were taken down, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Ma Shi and Zhang Ande again.
These two guys escaped back in defeat.
The difference is that Zhang Ande fled to Zunhua after losing the battle, and Ma Shi simply didn't even fight, so he was considered to have left the gate and fled.
But the two have one thing in common.
Whether it was Ma Shi who directly abandoned the pass and fled or Zhang Ande who escaped after losing the battle, he all took the people away.
Although the food, money and other things in the people's homes will definitely be caused by Jiannu, at least the people will be saved.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you don’t need to think too much about the responsibility of losing the land, as it is 100% a matter of losing your head.
The main reason why Xiong Tingbi's unlucky guy was plotted against him was the four words "the responsibility of losing the land".
But Emperor Chongzhen was a time traveler after all, not the idiot he used to be, but now he is in a little trouble.
If we follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty, these two people will be dead.
But just because these two people were protecting the people, Emperor Chongzhen was reluctant to die.
After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen grabbed the dagger, cut off a piece of newly grown hair, and said, "You and the two of you are guilty of losing their soil, and they should have died.
Although Zhang Ande lost his territory and fled, he protected the people and made such a contribution.
Ma Shi is also guilty of losing his land, but the cause is Zhang Wanchun, so you can't blame him.
Although you both have made contributions to protecting the people, I have also cut my hair to replace you and the two of you, but the Ming Dynasty has its own laws.
Although the death penalty is now spared, the crime of living cannot be escaped. Zhang Ande and Ma Shi have twenty-years-old junctions, and the officials have been cut off for the people.
Can you two be convinced?”
Just survive!
Ma Shi and Zhang Ande had long been mentally prepared. After all, big guys like Xiong Tingbi sang Liang because of the four words of the blame for losing their land. What can their two small generals be considered?
The two of them thanked each other more, but Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Is Ma Aiqing's injury better?"
Ma Shiqiang said with a firm grip: "I will report to Your Majesty, I will be fine."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and continued, "You should rest for half a month first, and then go to the West Factory after half a month. Let's follow Wei Zhongxian to do the job."
After Ma Shi and Zhang Ande were also taken down, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Zhu Guoyan again.
Zhu Guoyan is also not easy to deal with.
Although he was considering the people of his Santun camp, the situation of refusing friendly troops to enter was obvious.
After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Zhu Aiqing refused Zhao Aiqing to enter Santun Camp, which caused delays in the fighter planes, and Jiannu escaped a lot. This is the case.
However, Zhu Aiqing led his troops to fight and stopped more than 2,000 Jiannu cavalry, which was the result.
If you have any mistakes, you should be punished and have thirty sticks on your back; if you have any merits, you should be rewarded and have 3,000 taels of silver. What do you think Zhu Aiqing?"
Zhu Guoyan bowed and said, "I will receive the order and thank Your Majesty for your grace."
Nowadays, the situation where you get money when you get beaten is beyond Zhu Guoyan's imagination.
If Emperor Chongzhen did not lead the imperial army in person, if Huang Taiji's dog slave did not choose to run away from the Santun Camp, then it would be a matter of saying that he would refuse Zhao's helping to lead troops into the Santun Camp to assist in the prevention.
But who could have thought that Huang Taiji's dog slave went to Santun Camp?
But he was short of troops. If the four thousand elite cavalry under Zhao Shujiao were also in Santun camp, then Jiannu would not have left two thousand, and he might have left more than five thousand.
To be continued...