Chapter 80 Building a Strong and Prosperous Western Kingdom
At the time when the Ming Dynasty issued gold, silver and copper coins, Zhang Xianzhong was also forcibly issuing copper coins from Daxi in Chongqing. In theory, the "Western King Rewarding Merits" copper coins minted by Zhang Xianzhong were much stronger than the later Chongzhen Tongbao, and it was better than the coins minted by Dashun. The copper coins were illuminated and had a lot of weight. This copper coins were originally the coins that Zhang Xianzhong rewarded his soldiers. Zhang Xianzhong robbed a lot of silver in Lianghu and Jiangxi, but in addition to rewarding the generals and officials, the military pay for the soldiers was "Western King Rewarding Merits" copper coins. Zhang Xianzhong's act of issuing copper coins was considered to be a disguised plunder of people's wealth, so the people resisted from the bottom of their hearts.
After Zhang Xianzhong killed more than a dozen profiteers who refused to accept copper coins, he finally forced the people under his rule to accept the "West King's reward for merits".
Of course, Zhang Xianzhong also had ideals. His move to Sichuan was to prepare to clone the story of "Longzhong Tong". Niu Jinxing's editorial on building a prosperous Dashun in Ta Kung Pao, as well as the propaganda of "Ming Pao" to build a civilized, prosperous, and powerful Ming Dynasty. Zhang Xianzhong saw the article Hong Chengchou on building a superpower in China in Qing Pao. Zhang Xianzhong also had a "Big West" version of the dream of a strong country in his heart.
It must be said that Zhang Xianzhong is also a creative person. The six-character sacred stele of later generations, "There are all things and people in nature, no one is the heaven, the ghosts and gods are clear, and they think and comprehend themselves." This is the creativity that Zhang Xianzhong did not know who heard about the broadcast of the people. This six-character sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred
Regarding this Seven Killing Monument, there is also an evil and majestic poem. I don’t know who wrote it, but it is still domineering. Unfortunately, there are many flaws. If a talented man was ordered by Zhang Xianzhong to write this poem, Zhang Xianzhong would kill people without blinking, and the word "mad gang" in the poem would be enough to behead a hundred times.
The poem says:
All things are born to nourish people, but people in the world still complain that God is not kind.
I don’t know that locusts are everywhere in the world, and all the sufferings are all the kings and ministers.
When a person is born, he will be noble and humble, and noble people will be favored by heaven.
Wealth and glory in life are always caused by heaven, and the poverty of the people is punished by heaven.
Suddenly, a madman sharpened his sword at night, and the Emperor Star was shaking and the Far-Shaped High.
From now on, why should you be willing to work hard to kill someone?
An unfaithful person is said to be killed! An unfilial person is said to be killed!
An unkind person is said to be killed! An unrighteous person is said to be killed!
If you are not polite, wise, and do not believe in others, the King of the West says killing and killing!
I was not born to compete for the desolation, and I was lazy to build a golden platform.
The top scholar and all officials are like dogs, always taking advantage of the knife to capture sour materials.
The four princes under his command did not require a knife or dagger to break the city.
This monument is erected on behalf of the sky on the hilltop, and those who defies the heavenly beings stand and kneel down will die!”
Zhang Xianzhong accepted Wang Zhaoling's suggestion, followed Liu Bei's story, went west to Sichuan, and captured Chongqing in June. At that time, Chongzhen had just arrived in Nanjing, and his foothold was not stable, and the two evils were the least. Zhang Xianzhong was better at staying in Sichuan than staying in the two lakes. Besides, Chongzhen's subordinates really had no troops to adjust, so he could not transfer the only mobile force, Wu Sangui's elite, to entangle Zhang Xianzhong. Zuo Liang's jade tail was too big, so he could not tell whether he could go to Sichuan to suppress Zhang Xianzhong or not. When Zuo Liangyu sent troops, he robbed along the way, which was not much better than Zhang Xianzhong. His new army had not yet seen him, so he had to accept the fact that Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing.
Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing, captured the Ming Dynasty King Rui, the Sichuan Governor, the Chongqing Prefecture, the Ba County Magistrate, and all the Ming Dynasty officials were executed. Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of the Ming army surrendering and rebelling again, and the Sichuan Ming army was even more unsubmitted. Zhang Xianzhong then came up with a plan to kill all the 10,000 strong Ming army captives in Chongqing captured, causing them to fundamentally lose their combat capabilities.
When Chongzhen read that the Sichuan Censor Zhang Yijia, the deputy chief of Sichuan, reported that "On June 21, Zhang Xianzhong was killed. King Rui was killed, Chen Shiqi of the old courtyard was tortured. The gentry and horsemen were annihilated, and tens of soldiers and people were killed." He felt sad! Although it was difficult to stop, he could not avoid it. If Wu Sangui and Huang Degong were mobilized and Western aided, Chongqing might not fall. However, in this way, the overall strategy was completely disrupted. Because of the small loss, the big gain was not worth the loss. There was no way. Sometimes he had to trade space for time. When the anti-Japanese war was the case, he had to do this. He was reluctant to let the children go to trap the wolf, and he trapped Zhang Xianzhong in Chongqing. It would not be too late to wipe out the death.
After capturing Chongqing, Zhang Xianzhong advanced westward and approached Chengdu in early August. In history, Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu on the ninth day of the eighth month. However, on the one hand, Chongzhen successfully escaped to Nanjing, which made Sichuan's political situation much better than in history. On the other hand, Chongzhen sent Qin Zhiyong to Sichuan at the end of June. One hundred Jinyiwei, all carrying pistols, two hundred New Army, equipped with 200 rifles, and the other seven hundred soldiers were elite soldiers of Wu Sangui, equipped with grenades and thunder throwing weapons. One thousand soldiers arrived in Hubei by boat, then marched day and night, rushed to Chengdu, and arrived in Chengdu at the end of July. Qin Zhiyong heard that Zhang Xianzhong was still besieging Jianyang, and Sichuan Governor Long Wenguang had already led his army to support Chengdu, so he felt relieved.
After receiving Chongzhen's secret order, Long Wenguang asked Qin Zhiyong to recruit reliable personnel to strictly prevent Zhang Xianzhong's detailed work, and then sent troops to strictly guard the gunpowder depot. In history, Zhang Xianzhong sent people to sneak into Chengdu to blow up the arsenal, and then took advantage of the chaos to attack the city, thus breaking the city in one fell swoop.
Chongzhen knew very much about how Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu. Just because there was a classmate from Sichuan who hated Zhang Xianzhong and Tuchuan very much. However, another classmate from Hubei pointed out the mistakes and pointed out that Zhang Xianzhong Tuchuan was a manuscript of the Qing Dynasty. The two had an oral dispute over this, which almost reached an irreconcilable point. The classmate from Hubei later found a photocopy of Cha Jizuo's manuscript "The Record of Crimes in the Early Qing Dynasty. Biography of Zhang Xianzhong" was even more unyielding. He even more determined the evidence of the destruction of the Qing Dynasty, tampered with history, and blamed the massacre of Sichuan people. The strife between classmates when they were young, and they continued the dispute until they were in their forties, so they were deeply impressed by Chongzhen. Regardless of whether Zhang Xianzhong was the culprit of Tuchuan, Chongzhen would never let Zhang Xianzhong succeed in attacking Chengdu.
With Qin Zhiyong, there were craftsmen from the Weapon Bureau of the Ministry of Works. These masters guided the craftsmen who were temporarily recruited to make grenades and thunderbolts, which greatly strengthened the firepower in the city when Zhang Xianzhong besieged Chengdu in mid-August.
Before Zhang Xianzhong's army arrived, Xiaoshu wanted to sneak into Chengdu first. As a result, these Xiaoshu who wanted to sneak into Chengdu became the turtle in the jail of Qin Zhiyong's detective team. With the help of the old lady with red armbands in Chengdu, the detective team invited all suspicious people to have tea. Some Xiaoshu still wanted to resist, and at this time they often enjoy the iron bullet treatment of the short musket of the detective team. No matter how strong you are, you have to report to the King of Hell. In the face of professional investigation and professional conversation, Xiaoshu who had already sneaked into the city were exposed. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to cooperate inside and outside, which seemed very difficult.
The first day of the siege was very unsuccessful. Every time at critical moments, dark thunder would be thrown off the top of the city. Even if Zhang Xianzhong's army was strict, the huge casualties would still make the Daxi Army return in a defeat.
Zhang Xianzhong was not a blind destiny to fight. The reason why Zhang Xianzhong was able to laugh at the late Ming Dynasty and created the title of the Eight Kings was that he had two tricks in the war. The next day, Zhang Xianzhong rode a horse and personally inspected the city defense in Chengdu, preparing to use his brain and figure out the trick to attack the city. When he turned to the east gate, he looked at the east gate from afar. The water of the Fu River and the Jinhe River flowing through the city converged at the east gate. The river surface was wide, which was definitely not comparable to an ordinary moat. The river bank under the city was steep and had been artificially built.
, even more steep and unattainable. The city has only a narrow Yima Expressway, and the city wall is built with danger and is four feet high. With this steepness, even if you can cross the wide river surface, the city base is narrow and there is no way to put a few soldiers. If you want to attack for a strong force, the attacking side can only use the tactic of adding fuel, which is almost no threat to the defenders. Relying on the natural danger, the defense on the wall of the East Gate Tower is much weaker than the other three gates. From a distance, the guards are obviously fewer than other gates. Of course, the so-called weak defense only looks like this!
Zhang Xianzhong was used to listening to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He had already become familiar with the strategies of the Three Kingdoms. Now he dreamed that he could also play a trick of being a real and being in the real way. In history, Zhang Xianzhong made a bluff to build ladders in the other three gates, building watchtowers, and repeatedly feinted attacks, causing the defenders to dispatch troops from the east gate to support the other three gates, making the already weak protection of the east gate even weaker. At night, the fine works that were mixed into the city ignited the Ming army gunpowder depot. When the huge explosion caused the defenders to panic, Zhang Xianzhong's navy entered the city from the Shuimen Iron Ban Bridge, attacked the defenders in surprise, and opened the east gate. In history, it was like this that he took Chengdu in one fell swoop.
Zhang Xianzhong naturally approached the river with his wishful thinking, hoping to take a closer look at the terrain. This was a safe distance, which exceeded the range of the Ming army's flying bird guns. The cannons were not easy to use. The cannons in this era were targeting targets, and for small cavalrymen who could escape at any time, it was equivalent to cannons hitting mosquitoes.
But while Zhang Xianzhong was inspecting the terrain and planning a brilliant plan to break the city, a thud of like firecrackers sounded, and Zhang Xianzhong was shot and fell off the horse. Fortunately, his adopted son Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo were by his side. When he saw that something was wrong, he quickly rescued Zhang Xianzhong and fled back to the camp by horse.
It was not a fatal injury to examine Zhang Xianzhong's injuries. He was shot on the shoulder blade on his right shoulder and a left arm. In addition, a piece of flesh and blood was wiped off by the bullet. However, although it was not a fatal injury, the three wounds were still seriously bleeding. He was unconscious for several hours before he woke up. He woke up shortly after waking up.
Qin Zhiyong specially brought four rifles equipped with scopes, just to kill Zhang Xianzhong, who likes to visit the front line in one fell swoop. Each of the four city gates was equipped with a Du version of "sniper rifle", and there were ten new soldiers with good shooting skills, holding rifles, and specifically responsible for handling Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong's face was very distinctive, with a yellow face and long beard and wearing golden armor. When this guy came to the east gate from afar, he was stared at by the telescope of the sniper squad. Unfortunately, Zhang Xianzhong had a great life and escaped this disaster.
After discussing the discussion, Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons, his father was seriously injured, and the Ming munitions were sharp, and he could not stop at the strong city for a long time, so he withdrew his troops.
The Daxi Army withdrew its siege, but the Ming army did not pursue it, allowing the Daxi Army to leave. After all, Zhang Xianzhong brought 100,000 troops and did not hurt the root. If the Ming army pursued it rashly, if the Daxi Army killed one of them, he would be defeated by the Daxi Army and lost morale, and it would be difficult to defend Chengdu again. Long Wenguang was a serene person, and the emperor also told him not to force Zhang Xianzhong into a hurry, so he still adopted a strategy of defending and slowly planned it.
Zhang Xianzhong returned to Chongqing and was injured for more than a month, but he recovered as before. During this period, Long Wenguang sent people to express his kindness, saying that the emperor had an order, and suggested that both sides cease fire and resist the Qing Dynasty. As long as Zhang Xianzhong did not attack the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would not attack Zhang Xianzhong. Both sides maintained the current situation and lived in peace.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't believe it at first, but later he saw that there were signs of non-aggression. He recalled the rumored Dashun and the "Tianjin Treaty" of the Ming Dynasty. He thought that perhaps the Ming Dynasty was really ready to unite Dashun to resist the Qing Dynasty. With the persuasion of a counselor, Zhang Xianzhong also followed the story of the Three Kingdoms and began to establish his own dynasty. It was a bit regrettable that he did not conquer Chengdu, but the Feng Shui here in Chongqing was also good, so he established his capital and officially announced the establishment of the Daxi Kingdom.
When Zhang Xianzhong saw that there were newspapers, we had to have them too, so he immediately started a "Daxi Daily".
The Daxi Daily said shamelessly, saying: The military and civilians work together to build a strong Daxi Kingdom, which will surpass Dashun in five years, and surpass Daming in ten years.
In addition, Zhang Xianzhong convened Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, Zhang Dingguo, Anxi, Zhang Nengqi, Dingbei, and all military and political ministers, and made a major plan: put the army first in everything! Put the army first in everything!
All this strategy that obeys military affairs is effective in the short term in troubled times. Although it has not been verified, perhaps the "first-military politics" originated from Zhang Xianzhong, the Great Western Region.
Chapter completed!