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Chapter 150: The Sichuan War (1)

Shang Yi also nodded, took Lin Fengwu's hand and said, "Fengwu, these things have caused you a lot of trouble during this period."

Lin Fengwu also sat in Shang Yi's arms and smiled: "Where is my husband who is talking, I can actually help him do something, and I am very happy."

Shang Yi put his arm around her waist and said, "I'll come to your room tonight to spend the night, and I'll reward my good Fengwu, okay?"

Lin Fengwu's face turned red, but her heart was filled with joy, because since Ye Yaoying gave birth to an NV child, other wives and concubines were eager to get pregnant and have children for Shang Yi. Every time she spent the night with Shang Yi, she cherished it very much, so she said: "Okay! I can wait for my husband."

Seeing that she was shy and shy, Shang Yi couldn't help but feel a little worried. Among all the wives and concubines, Shang Yi loved Lin Fengwu only second to Ye Yaoyan. Because Lin Fengwu had a comprehensive style of East and West NV, he was very attractive to Shang Yi, so he hugged her slender waist tightly, kissed her face, and smiled and said, "How many times Fengwu wants tonight, we have to say good now."

Although Lin Fengwu has always been generous and has been a couple with Shang Yi for almost two years, she can't stand Shang Yi's sarcasm, and she feels that even her ears are hot, and she is also lying on Shang Yi's shoulders and said shyly: "My husband is so bad, what do you think of me?"

Just when the two of them were in love with each other, they heard the sound of rings and pendants, and a pretty shadow had come closer. It was Akishiji.

As soon as he saw the two of them embracing each other intimately, Akishiji immediately smiled and said, "My husband, it seems that I'm really a coincidence. I'll avoid it first." He said that he was about to retreat.

In fact, it is common to express intimacy in front of other wives and concubines. Therefore, Lin Fengwu didn't feel embarrassed. Moreover, she knew that Ming Shiji came to Shang Yi at this time and must have something to do. She hurriedly said, "Sister Ming, don't leave, my business has been completed." As she said that, she leaned into Shang Yi's ear and said, "Everything is decided by my husband. I can do it several times..."

Then he quickly kissed Shang Yi on the face before he stood up from his arms, walked out slowly, and when he passed by Akishiji, he said, "Sister Ming, it's your turn now."

Although from the perspective of identity, Akishiji is a concubine, while Lin Fengwu is considered a fair wife, which is higher than Akishiji, so Akishiji calls her a wife, but Lin Fengwu treats her as her sister by age and regards her honor as her sister. Moreover, the same is true for other wives and concubines. From these small details, it can also be seen that Shang Yi's wives and concubines get along very harmoniously.

After Lin Fengwu left, Shang Yi immediately said: "Shi Ji, is there anything wrong?"

Akashiji nodded and said, "There is news from Sichuan that has come. Zhang Xianzhong has died in Fenghuang Mountain in Xichong, and Wu Sangui has invaded Chengdu."

Shang Yi immediately put away his relaxed and joked expression and said, "Hurry, tell me the details."

It turned out that in the 16th year of Chongzhen, after being defeated by Shang Yi in southern Hunan, Zhang Xianzhong once hid in the mountainous area of ​​Guangxi, with only more than a thousand people left. Fortunately, Shang Yi marched into Zhejiang at this time and did not kill Zhang Xianzhong, which also allowed Zhang Xianzhong to escape this disaster.

Zhang Xianzhong hid in Guangxi and Hunan border for several months and recruited some old subordinates. Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Feng Shuangli and others also rushed to meet him one after another, gathering more than 10,000 people.

At this time, in the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), the world was full of luàn. Li Zicheng led his army northward to take Beijing, and Shang Yi occupied Zhejiang. Therefore, the Ming army in Guangxi and Hunan could not do anything to them. Zhang Xianzhong also gained a foothold again and his power was restored to more than 30,000 to 40,000 people. After discussing with the generals, Zhang Xianzhong decided to give up Guangxi and Hunan, and march into Sichuan, striving to gain a foothold in Sichuan as a basis.

So in the first month of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong sent troops from Guangxi and Hunan borders, and marched into Sichuan through Guichuan. The Daxi Army entered Sichuan from the Bochuan Xuanwei Division in southern Sichuan. First, the Bozhou Division (that is, later Zunyi), and then advanced northward, defeating Cao Ying, the general of the Ming Dynasty. He successively captured Yamén Pass, Loushan Pass, Yongning Xuanfu Division, Huzhou and other places, and fought to the Jialing River. The troops also expanded to 60,000 to 70,000.

At this time, the famous general Qin Liangyù in Sichuan led his army to fight Zhang Xianzhong. The two sides fought near Jiangjin County, Chongqing Prefecture. Zhang Xianzhong personally took a sword to supervise the battle. Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu personally led their soldiers to launch a fierce attack on the Ming army. After fighting for a day and a night, the Ming army finally could not resist and was defeated towards western Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong led his army east along the Jialing River and captured Chongqing. The prisoners and executed King Rui Zhu Changhao, Governor Chen Shiqi, Deputy Envoy of the Army, Chen Xu, Prefect Wang Xingjian and other groups of Ming Dynasty royal families and officials obtained a large number of money and materials. For a time, Zhang Xianzhong also regrouped and his reputation rose.

In July of that year, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Liu Ting to defend Chongqing. He personally led a large army and advanced to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. On the seventh day of the eighth month, the Daxi Army besieged Chengdu from all sides at the same time, and three days later conquered Chengdu. Zhu Zhishu, the King of Chengdu of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhixu, the King of Taiping, committed suicide. Sichuan Governor Long Wenguang, the Censor Liu Zhibo, and the Deputy Envoy of the Censor Zhang Jimeng, were captured and executed.

In September, Li Zicheng was defeated by Guanzhong and divided his troops to retreat southwest, while Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to attack the northern Sichuan area occupied by Li Zicheng. In October, Ainengqi conquered Mianzhou, Liu Wenxiu conquered Baoning; Sun Kewang came to Long'an, and asked Wang Run to defend the city, and he led his troops to conquer Maozhou again. Then, Ainengqi conquered Yazhou again. At this point, most areas of Sichuan Province were controlled by Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army.

Originally, Zhang Xianzhong planned to take the opportunity to seize Hanzhong, but Sun Ke hoped to take Hanzhong and was defeated by Li Zicheng's general He Zhen. Zhang Xianzhong also knew that at this time, the main forces of the Dashun Army were gathered in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area, and he was not Li Zicheng's opponent, so he did not dare to attack Hanzhong again.

On November 16 of that year, Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, founded the country and named it "Daxi", and changed the reign to "Dashun", using Chengdu as Xijing. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had more than 100,000 troops in Sichuan, basically returning to his heyday before he was defeated by Shang Yi.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong was a person who had read a little, and he knew how to be polite. After becoming emperor, he not only set up the left and right prime ministers, the six ministers, the five military governors' offices and other civil and military officials. He also issued the "Tongtian Calendar" and set up the "Dashun Tongbao" to cast the "Dashun Tongbao" for use. He even started to open the imperial examinations and select 30 people to be Jinshi, and appointed officials from all counties. He also named Sun Kewang as King of Pingdong, Liu Wenxiu as King of Funan, Feng Shuangli as King of Anxi, and Ainengqi as King of Dingbei. He was once a monkey and was also decent.

At this time, the Hongguang court of the Southern Ming Dynasty had been established. Fan Yiheng, the former governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was still in his original position. He appointed Wang Yingxiong as the Minister of War, the Governor of Sichuan, Lake, Yunnan and Guizhou. He also gave Shangfang a sword to act cheaply and stationed in Zunyi in an attempt to recover Sichuan. In March of that year, the governor of Sichuan, Ma Gan, sent deputy general Zeng Ying to lead troops to capture Chongqing. The remaining Ming generals Zeng Ying, Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhanzhan and other troops gathered their troops to respond to the call and attack the Daxi Army. They once captured Chongqing and attacked Chengdu.

However, at this time, the main force of the Hongguang court was to deal with the Qing army that invaded the south. Those who fought in Sichuan were all local people and were not Zhang Xianzhong's opponents at all. They were soon defeated by Zhang Xianzhong and retreated to Chongqing, not daring to attack.

At the same time, the Qing court also sent someone to issue an edict to surrender Zhang Xianzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong ignored this. At this time, the main force of the Qing army was fighting against the merchant army in the Jianghuai area, and was only satisfied with occupying Hanzhong and southern Shaanxi, and had no intention of taking Sichuan for the time being. Zhang Xianzhong was not enterprising at this time, and lived a pampering life in Chengdu, and had more than a year of comforting day.

In the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Wu Sangui and Nikan were ordered to lead their troops into Sichuan, and also announced that Zhang Xianzhong's good life in Sichuan was finally over.

Wu Sangui entered Sichuan from Kuizhou and first entered Chongqing Prefecture. At this time, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, who was left in Chongqing Prefecture, and the Governor of Sichuan, Lake, Yunnan and Guizhou Military Affairs, Wang Yingxiong, died of illness. The remaining troops Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, Yu Dahai, Wang Xiang and others surrendered to Wu Sangui and handed over to Chongqing Prefecture to the Qing army. The other Qing army also led by Nikan, went south from Hanzhong to Sichuan and captured Langzhong, a ménhu, northern Sichuan.

So Wu Sangui sent his general Ma Bao and Xia Guoqi to lead his army from Chongqing to west, seize the prefectures and counties in southern Sichuan, and then led his troops to the north and march into Chengdu. He led his troops to join Nikan and march south, attacking Chengdu from two routes.

Zhang Xianzhong also decided to defeat the Qing army in the south first, and then go north to fight Wu Sangui, so he personally led a large army out of Chengdu to fight Ma Bao. Xia Guo Prime Minister's troops planned to fight both sides at the Jiangkou of Pengshan. Although Zhiqing's army had few soldiers, they were very brave and the Daxi Army was no match. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by the Qing army and had to retreat to Chengdu. Ma Bao and Xia Guo Prime Minister also led his army from the south to Chengdu.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong realized that the Qing army was powerful and was not comparable to the Ming army, so he did not dare to stay in Chengdu. He decided to lead his army north to fight the Qing army and wait for an opportunity to escape into Shaanxi. He still used the Liuguan tactic to deal with the Qing army. At the same time, he also killed all his wives, concubines and young sons he had taken after entering Sichuan, and then divided the troops into four groups, divided into Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Feng Shuangli as the escorts of the army and marched towards Shaanxi. In October of that year, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the army to camp at Fenghuang Mountain in Xichong, and fought against the Qing army.

The soldiers of the Daxi Army were originally Sichuan peasants, and most of them were forced to join the army. In the past, the Daxi Army won the Ming army in a row, but it was nothing, but when he saw that the Qing army was powerful and he was invincible, he fled one after another. After Zhang Xianzhong heard the news, he killed all the deserters. General Liu Jinzhong advised: "Do not kill creatures." But Zhang Xianzhong refused to accept it, and retorted Liu Jinzhong and returned to the Fenghuang Mountain to kill the deserters together. However, Liu Jinzhong was afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would use the excuse to call himself back, so he did not dare to fall into the tiger's mouth, so he abandoned all night and went to the Qing army's camp and surrendered to Wu Sangui.
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