Chapter 278
Zhang Xianzhong naturally knew that Sun Kewang's words were not groundless. There is not a single thing he has committed that would be enough to be punished, not to mention digging up the Fengyang Imperial Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, just the corrupt officials who confiscated their homes and exterminated their clans, or the evil gentry and bullies, there are not even eight hundred but a thousand .
It can be said that there are more people who hate his immortality than Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the rebels in the world. His death is expected by everyone, and his life is
But it is not something that ordinary people can decide. Whether he can survive or not, only one person can forgive him, and that is Emperor Chongzhen. Even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to pardon him, there would probably be a lot of people who wanted to disobey him.
However, Zhang Xianzhong did not die in the hands of Sun Kewang, but in the hands of Cheng Shijie. He could die in the right place, in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, and that would be famous all over the world. If Sun Kewang had his head chopped off now, he would be too aggrieved.
Zhang Xianzhong looked at Sun Kewang and said with a smile: "Hopefully, as a father, I will teach you another good boy! You must be careful in everything you do and do!"
"Save something? Haha!"
Sun Kewang laughed loudly: "It's so funny to spare a hand. Zhang Xianzhong, you have killed so many people. How often did you not eliminate the roots? How did you ever spare a hand?"
Zhang Xianzhong smiled lightly: "Hopefully, you are still young, too young!"
Sun Kewang was slightly startled: "Am I young?"
Zhang Xianzhong picked up a wine bag as if there was no one around, drank it hard, wiped his mouth and said, "Hopefully, do you know that my father killed, burned and looted all the way from Shaanxi? Guess how much money I got from my adopted father?"
Sun Kewang was slightly startled: "How much money does Zhang Xianzhong have?"
It was really difficult for him to guess this matter, but he could be sure that the number would not be too small, because every time Zhang Xianzhong robbed a large family, he would arrest the men, women, and children of the family and torture them until all the wealth of the family was lost. Dig them all out.
Zhang Xianzhong arrested corrupt officials, wealthy gentry and bullies and demanded their money. Some wealthy households were afraid of being killed, so they had to secretly hide their gold and silver treasures in bamboo poles, seal them up, dress up as poor people, and carry these Take advantage of the situation and sneak out of the city. As a result, a local soldier saw through it and went up to whisper with Zhang Xianzhong. Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong pulled out his sword and cut the bamboo pole in two. The gold, silver and jewelry were scattered on the ground.
This is where the rip-off comes in.
When Zhang Xianzhong came out of Guanzhong, they didn't carry much money with them.
The more than 3.5 million taels of silver seized by Cheng Shijie in Heshun were only stolen from Fengyang, Keluzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), Anqing, Hezhou, Chuzhou and other places.
At this moment, Sun Kewang's eyes widened.
Because the silver and money that Zhang Xianzhong robbed cannot be accounted for at all, because in Fengyang alone, Zhang Xianzhong killed all the wealthy households in Fengyang and robbed all their wealth. It was only the money that Sun Kewang led his troops to rob. It amounted to more than 1.6 million taels of silver. He was only one of the troops. In fact, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo were also involved in thirteen troops of the fifth battalion. Among them, it was not Sun Kewang who robbed the most, but Ai Nengqi. Under his command, Ai Nengqi robbed sixty-three wealthy families from Fengyang and obtained a total of 2.8 million taels of silver.
Zhang Xianzhong looked at Sun Kewang and said, "Where did the money go?"
"Where?"
"As a father, I won't tell you!"
Sun Kewang thought for a while and suddenly realized.
When attacking Macheng, Huang Liu, a general under Zhang Xianzhong, wanted to rebel. At that time, Sun Kewang was still very surprised. This Huang Liu was good at climbing. During several sieges, Huang Liu climbed up from the cracks in the bricks along the city wall. Moreover, this Huang Liu was extremely loyal to Zhang Xianzhong. He was a fellow villager of Zhang Xianzhong in Fushi County.
However, Zhang Xianzhong said that Huang Liu had betrayed him. Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo did not say anything, and directly led their troops to kill Huang Liu and more than 2,400 of his men.
Sun Kewang said: "Huang Liu was silenced by you!"
"Not too stupid!"
Zhang Xianzhong smiled lightly and said: "Hopefully, you have been with me for five years. In these five years, there are not seven or eight generals who have betrayed my father, but a dozen or so, right?"
Sun Ke looked at Zhang Xianzhong and was speechless for a long time. Why didn't he think of this?
Silver is different from treasure banknotes because you are not afraid of damage. You can just dig a big hole or find a pond and sink it into the pond. As long as you kill the person who knows about it, you will not be aware of it.
Sun Kewang smiled and said: "Father, you are at the end of your rope now, why not help the child?"
"Take me to see Cheng Shijie!"
Zhang Xianzhong was able to stand out among the princes in the late Ming Dynasty, dominate the world, and establish a country based on his territory. The most important factor was Zhang Xianzhong's superb guerrilla tactics. It is known in history that "Xian (Zhong)'s marching troops arrived like a sudden wind and rain, and their departure was as unpredictable as a ghost. Therefore, for several months, they either traveled to the north of the Yangtze River, or headed towards Chu and Henan, ravaging the three provinces, leaving the officers and soldiers with no time to pursue, that is, As Sun Tzu said, 'Go where the enemy is not going, go where the person is not expecting, avoid the real and attack the weak'. The general will fall into this technique and not notice it!"
Now that Zhang Xianzhong has lost to Cheng Shijie, he is actually still a little unconvinced. He also wants to meet Cheng Shijie, who defeated him. For Zhang Xianzhong, there are not many people in the entire Ming Dynasty who can impress you, and Cheng Shijie is one of them.
Sun Kewang's face darkened, and he held a horizontal knife against Zhang Xianzhong's neck: "Father, don't force Kewang to miss his old relationship!"
"Now there is money, food, and soldiers in the world. This money is a disaster in your hands. In the hands of Cheng Shijie, it will be of great use. My father's money can allow Cheng Shijie to expand his army by 100,000!"
Zhang Xianzhong is different from Cheng Shijie. He is a rogue, has no base, and has a poor reputation. The money in his hands is of little use. When he can steal it, he will never spend it to buy it.
But Cheng Shijie was different. He couldn't rob, he could only buy, and his money could indeed allow Ning Haijun to expand to hundreds of thousands of troops.
It is absolutely impossible for Cheng Shijie to be indifferent to that sum of money.
"laugh……"
A line of blood flowed from Zhang Xianzhong's neck.
Zhang Xianzhong smiled coldly: "Yes, if you use force, my father's head will fall off. You'd better kill all their property. Otherwise, as long as the news is revealed, Sun Kewang, don't say you want wealth, but let Cheng Shijie see what he can do." I can’t tolerate a traitor like you!”
Sun Kewang looked at the old thieves around him, and his face suddenly turned ugly. He thought that if he heard this secret, he would report it to Cheng Shijie. If Cheng Shijie was unhappy, his future would be over.
"you are vicious!"
"You are still young when you are fighting against your father!"
Zhang Xianzhong reached out and wiped a handful of blood from his neck, put it in his mouth, and said nonstop: "Father, the wound on my neck will bleed to death..."
"Come here, treat his injuries!"
Sun Kewang was very unhappy.
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In San Gong Village, the battle finally ended under the mediation of Sun Xiucai. When Meng En promised these bandits that as long as they put down the miners and their families, they would spare their lives.
As a result, six to seven thousand celebrity bandits dropped their weapons to Ning Haijun, and the various weapons in their hands piled up into a hill. These bandits were relieved. Ning Haijun's artillery was too fierce. If they faced off against them, even if the Lord of Hell came, he might not be able to win.
However, at this moment, there was a scream of "Ah!", and a thin girl held her head and let out a piercing scream.
Wu Yatou saw her sister turned into a head. I will never die with my eyes in peace.
She searched the crowd and found the instigator, the one-eyed dragon who had captured her sister. At that time, her sister fell into the hands of the other party in order to let her escape.
Wu Yatou screamed and jumped on the one-eyed dragon desperately. Wu Yatou didn't know how to fight, so she just grabbed it with her hands. The one-eyed dragon's face was covered with blood. The one-eyed dragon became anxious and punched Wu Yatou in the chest, knocking her down. .
Just when the one-eyed dragon was about to take action, a Ning navy officer rushed up and kicked the one-eyed dragon hard on the waist. The one-eyed dragon's body curled up into a ball, its throat rattled, and spurts of blood sprayed out.
The fifth girl grabbed a stone and rushed forward, hitting the one-eyed dragon on the head, screaming: "I'll smash you to death, I'll smash you to death!"
It only took a few hits, and the one-eyed dragon's head was smashed to pieces. The five girls were still smashing it to death, shouting: "I'll smash you to death, I'll smash you to death!"
The surrounding Ning navy officers were indifferent to Wu Yatou's action. More and more miners joined the battle with shouts and screams. They came towards these bandits with weapons such as shovels, crowbars, hammers, and axes. These miners were strong and strong, but the bandits were now like little sheep, being killed in a panic by these miners.
"Master, we all surrender!"
"Yes, you surrendered!"
"But, you said that you won't kill us as long as we surrender!"
"Yes, we didn't kill you. It was the miners who killed you, not our Ning Navy officers!"
Under the guidance of Cheng Shijie, Ning Haijun has a very strong mind. In the face of a strong enemy, Ning Haijun will be fearless even if he is outnumbered.
Of course, when facing the common people, they must also be brave and guarantee that protecting the common people is their duty and responsibility as soldiers. However, these bandits massacred more than 460 people in San Gong Village in just over a day, almost All the women were ruined, including these beasts, including fifty or sixty old women.
There were even many men who failed to maintain their innocence. It could be said that the entire San Gong Village was in mourning. That's why they are extremely angry at the brutal behavior of these bandits. These bastards, they are wearing this kind of clothes in vain, but they point their knives at the defenseless people. What qualifications do such garbage have to live in the world? They should all die early!
As for Cheng Shijie's immigration plan, let's just find good people to immigrate to, and at worst, they will be punished.
Seeing these miners like tigers entering a flock of sheep, killing the defenseless bandits until they were on their backs, these miners also became red-eyed, killing more fiercely and more violently. At this time, the death of the bandits has become the best relief. Many bandits were beaten beyond recognition by the miners, and it is estimated that they could not be sewn together into a complete corpse.
Fortunately, these miners did not lose their minds. They killed Huo Huo and his bandits. Those who did not take advantage of them were frightened and squatted on the ground shivering.
At this time, the mine leader, Monk Peng, finally woke up. With the support of two miners, he came to Meng En and kowtowed to thank Meng En.
Meng En looked at Monk Peng and said, "What are your plans next?"
At this time, Monk Peng, Sun Xiucai and others looked at each other in silence. There were mutilated corpses everywhere. Everyone was silent, feeling aggrieved, hesitant, and afraid. They have become homeless.
Originally, San Gong Village was their place of residence. They were mining phosphate ore. Although life in the mountains was very hard, they could still survive by tightening their belts. But now that the entire San Gongzhai Mountain has been completely exposed, and they have killed so many bandits, don't think that things will be easy for them in the future.
In fact, they had no way to retreat at this time, and Zhang Xianzhong's bandits were basically finished. This great achievement was not accomplished by the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili in the encirclement and suppression, but by Ning Haijun who fought away from home.
Although it is said that Ning Haijun eliminated Zhang Xianzhong, the problem is that in comparison with Ning Haijun, the commander and envoy of the Southern Zhili City must have some military exploits to whitewash themselves. They all know how to achieve military exploits, and they must be using them. These refugees need surgery.
It is certain to kill good people and take credit for it. Farmers who really own land will not be killed by the government and the army, because the government will not agree. On the contrary, refugees and refugees without household registration are the best targets for them to kill good people.
Ning Haijun could leave at any time, but they had no way out. The world is so big that there is no place to call home!
Meng En looked at Monk Peng and said, "If you have no place to go, come with me to Huangzhou Mansion. Our commander is preparing to immigrate..."
Before Meng En could finish speaking, Monk Peng said excitedly: "Are you asking us to immigrate to Liaodong?"
"Don't think about it in Liaodong. There is not much land that can be cultivated in Liaodong now. It is too cold there. Crops are often frozen to death, severely reducing production!"
Meng En said: "But, can you go to Luzon?"
"Luzon? Where is Luzon?"
The people of today are not like the people of later generations, who can know what is happening on the other side of the world without leaving home, but the people of the Ming Dynasty are different. Many of them have never even been to a county town hundreds of miles away, let alone Luzon overseas. .
Of course, it's not like he didn't know everything, at least Sun Xiucai knew.
"Luzon is a small country in the southeastern sea. It produces gold. It paid tribute in the third year of Yongle. In the middle of Jiajing, it returned. It traded with the people of Zhang and Quan, and the number of people living there was tens of thousands. In Wanli, the people of Tong'an Zhang Yi reported that the sea had Yishan Mountain, which was close to Fujian, and the real estate gold could be used. In the thirty-sixth year, an imperial edict was sent to appoint officials to investigate. The people of Luzon suspected that the exiles were causing trouble, so they all found out and killed them. Find the culprit and punish him. Trade continues to this day..."
"Luzon is overseas, and it is now the territory of our Ning Haijun. There you can be allocated land, farm it, and you can mine. Anyway, you won't be hungry!"
Sun Xiucai was a smart man. He heard the charm in Meng En's words, but he did not speak because he knew that if Meng En's plan was destroyed, he could become a dead man at any time.
Sun Xiucai said: "Pengtou, now that the rogue bandits have been wiped out, the army will definitely enter the mountains soon. If we stay in San Gong Village, we will definitely be killed as rogue bandits!"
Monk Peng gritted his teeth and raised his hand to Meng Enyi and said: "General Meng avenged our old, weak, women and children who died tragically at the hands of the bandits. He showed kindness to us and restored us. Now he has taken in three thousand of us, young and old. He is a great kindness." , there is no repayment, just open your mouth if there is any use for us in the future!"
"Stop talking, hurry up and pack your things, and then move out. The officers and soldiers will really come here if it's too late!" Meng En's thick Liaodong accent made Monk Peng and the others feel at ease. Now the people are very fond of Liaodong and Ning Haijun. Have a sense of identity.
Anyone who has dealt with Liaodong now knows that the people of Liaodong are very polite, honest and fair in doing business. One thing is one, and two is two. Especially the Ning Navy officers are the only army in the Ming Dynasty that will not rob the people. This is the only one in Ming Dynasty, there is no other semicolon.
However, if you say you are leaving, of course you will not be able to leave right away. The miners who calmed down began to take care of the funeral affairs of their relatives. The entire mining area was in a mess. The houses that had been built with great difficulty had been completely burned by the fire. Hundreds of bodies with separated heads were placed on the ground.
The elderly and children cried loudly around these horrific corpses. A woman with disheveled hair knelt beside a little girl whose head was smashed and slapped the ground with her palms like crazy. Her hands were covered with blood and she made a hoarse voice. He was wailing as if his heart was being torn apart, which made Meng En feel sad for a while.
Amid the pitiful cries, shallow pits were dug out one after another. The corpse was wrapped in a tattered straw mat and buried, then filled with soil to form a short grave. There are no tombstones, and there will be no offerings such as fruits, flower baskets, or wreaths. Except for these heartbroken relatives, no one will care about them. Maybe it will not be long before no one remembers them.
No one cares how many people died here. There are too many such things to remember. However, the families of these deceased people care. When burying the dead, they also planted the seeds of hatred in their hearts. This seed of hatred will burst out of the ground under the watering of poisonous juice. A poisonous flower will produce a bitter fruit, and finally it will be created by one hand. This tragedy makes people swallow.
When Zhang Xianzhong was escorted by Sun Kewang to Sangong Village, the miners and their families in Sangong Village had already buried their relatives. As for the corpses of the bandits who had been killed by the miners, they were also piled together and set on fire. If these thousands of corpses are exposed to the air, a plague will occur, and the consequences will be disastrous.
Meng En looked at these grief-stricken people, picked up a knife and wanted to kill Zhang Xianzhong.
Sun Kewang stopped Meng En and said, "General Meng, wait a minute, Zhang Xianzhong is still useful!"
"What's the use of this bastard?"
Sun Kewang lowered his voice and told Meng En about Zhang Xianzhong's treasure.
After hearing this, Meng En said with an indifferent expression: "Buying your life with money? Isn't it too beautiful to think about it?"
After cooking, the still-living San Gongzhai Mine and his family members packed up their few possessions, helped the old and the young, and staggered to Huangzhou Mansion with Meng En and others.
The dead are gone, and those who are still alive must find ways to survive. If they all die, who will remember those who died tragically under the butcher's knife of the rogue bandits?
Monk Peng hurriedly sent some agile miners to the surrounding villages. Some of these villages were mining ores for a living, while others were bandits, and some were cultivating terraces on the hills and struggling to survive. No matter what, the news must be told to them, otherwise they will not feel at ease when they leave.
In this way, Meng En, Zhao Wencai, Sun Kewang and others took Zhang Xianzhong, more than 2,000 celebrity bandit prisoners, more than 3,000 miners and their families to the Chibi Mountain Camp in Huangzhou.
Along the way, more and more miners and refugees followed Ning Haijun to Huangzhou Mansion.
In fact, it is not too far from Susong to Huangzhou, only more than three hundred miles. However, the problem is that not all of them are soldiers, most of them are refugees with extremely weak physiques, so they do not move fast.
It took ten days to reach the Chibi Mountain Camp.
Originally, Cheng Shijie was planning to return to Liaodong with Gao Qiqian. Of course, Gao Qiqian had to sit in Wusongkou to collect cash, but he heard the news that Zhao Wencai and others had returned.
"What did you say you caught Zhang Xianzhong?"
Cheng Shijie was in disbelief: "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Cheng Shijie simply couldn't believe that Zhang Xianzhong could be caught. If Zhang Xianzhong is so easy to catch, is he still Zhang Xianzhong?
"Could it be a substitute?"
Sun Kewang said excitedly: "Commander, I will never recognize the wrong person. Even if I peel off Zhang Xianzhong's skin, I will still recognize his bones!"
"Okay, stop bragging. If you can recognize Zhang Xianzhong's skin, you'll be considered awesome!"
Sun Kewang said: "Commander, do you want to meet Zhang Xianzhong?"
"Then he's gone. He is going to be sent to Lingchi in the capital anyway!"
Cheng Shijie knew that in history, Gao Yingxiang, who was an accomplice in the burning of Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, was ambushed by the famous Ming Dynasty general Sun Chuanting in Ziwu Valley and captured. After being sent to the capital, Emperor Chongzhen directly ordered Gao Yingxiang to be executed in Lingchi in order to avenge him. The number of stabs reached 1,560, and his death was extremely miserable.
If Zhang Xianzhong was also sent to the capital, he would definitely not fare better than Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang was only an accessory, and Zhang Xianzhong was the principal offender.
"Commander, what I mean by humble position is that you should meet Zhang Xianzhong!"
Then, Sun Kewang told Zhang Xianzhong about hiding the silver.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Zhang Xianzhong lied to you. He didn't have any money, and he spent some of it!"
"Commander, let's meet him!"
Cheng Shijie reluctantly met with Zhang Xianzhong.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was tied into rice dumplings and delivered to Cheng Shijie.
Zhang Xianzhong looked at Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie was a little different from the image of a wise and powerful man in his imagination.
"Kneel down!"
Zhang Xianzhong stood upright, looked at Cheng Shijie with an unruly expression, and sneered: "Cheng Shijie, if you want to kill me, please give me a scrape. A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
"Ha ha!"
Cheng Shijie laughed and said: "What kind of a 'scholar' are you? Are you a soldier who can be killed and not humiliated?"
Zhang Xianzhong said: "Confucius said: If you act with shame, go out to all directions, and do not insult the emperor's orders, you can be called a scholar. He is called a filial piety among the clan, and a brother among the township party. He can also be called a scholar. He must be true to his words and true to his deeds. As a result, you can also call him a scholar. Even if a certain person is not talented and says that if he kills the whole family, he will cut the grass and roots. He can also be called a scholar!"
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