Chapter 113 Death of Chen Zuyi
Once the Ming army attacks the city and the remaining members of the Liang family rebel, the battle will be difficult to fight.
Chen Zuyi said; "What do you think we should do?"
Chen Zuxiao hesitated to speak, and after a long time he said: "Brother, if it doesn't work, let's surrender."
Chen Zuyi's eyes condensed into a fierce light, just like the light of a sword, capable of killing people at any time.
Chen Zuxiao avoided Chen Zuyi's gaze and said, "Brother, don't look at me like this. That's how you look at me. I have to say, although it's uncomfortable to give up everything here and become a commoner from now on, it's better to die than to live. Not to mention, there are no remote places in the Central Plains that are more remote than ours. And I am thinking that if the imperial court wants to run Nanyang, it will only move people from the Central Plains to here, not the other way around. Furthermore, I also have experience in the business world. If you have some connections and can connect with Nanjing dignitaries, maybe ------"
Chen Zuyi said: "Have you said enough?"
What else does Chen Zuxiao want to say? He was interrupted by Chen Zuyi. Said; "That's enough, let's go."
Chen Zuyi turned his back to Chen Zuxiao and said nothing. The sun fell on his back, and his majestic back suddenly collapsed.
Chen Zuxiao opened his mouth and stomped away.
In fact, Chen Zuxiao was not the first person to come to see Chen Zuyi today, nor was he the last one.
The people in the city were dispersed.
Chen Zuyi also knew that Chen Zuxiao's plan worked.
Chen Zuxiao was in charge of maritime trade on behalf of Chen Zuyi and had connections in almost all ports in Southeast Asia. Understand the market conditions in Nanyang. As for the Ming merchants, especially the dignitaries behind the Ming merchants, when they enter the area of Nanyang, they will not be able to find suitable manpower for a while.
As long as Chen Zuxiao doesn't die and goes to the houses of these powerful people alone, he can at least be a housekeeper. Specially responsible for this aspect of business in Nanyang.
Although, it is very likely that he will become a domestic slave of a powerful person and will not be free in the future. There is no way to compare with now, but compared to ordinary people, they are still superior.
Even other members of the Chen family encountered similar situations.
Ming Dynasty is too short of people in Nanyang. If you lack everything, it is very possible that you will suddenly become an official in the Ming Dynasty. Even if you have to lie dormant for a few years at first, after these few years have passed, you will have a good chance of getting up.
But all this does not include Chen Zuyi.
Chen Zuyi is the bandit leader and a person who has registered his name in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. How could the court let him go so easily?
However, life or death.
It can be said that if Chen Zuyi is not dead, the Chen family may not be able to use him so easily.
Of course, Chen Zuyi is so persistent and stubborn. It's not just for the sake of the Chen family. I also know. Even if he surrenders, he will spend the rest of his life either in prison or in a remote place, living in poverty. This is still a good result.
After all, Liang Sizu was on the opposite side.
Hundreds of members of the Liang family died in his hands.
Most likely, he would be killed if he surrendered.
No matter what, it's unlikely to end well. If that's the case, then why let yourself be humiliated before death?
This is why Chen Zuyi responded passively.
On the one hand, there is no way to deal with the undercurrent below. On the other hand, there is no intention to deal with it.
Chen Zuyi smiled bitterly, looked at his own shadow, and said, "Who will take the great head?"
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Chen Zuyi still has some prestige.
When Chen Zuyi did not express his position, the people below were talking a lot, but the old port city defense did not collapse on its own. But that's it.
The Ming army lined up under the city. Dozens of shirtless men pulled the ropes together and dragged the artillery up. Stopped just a few hundred meters in front of the city wall.
Immediately, a man came out of the queue, within the range of the crossbow under the city wall, and shouted: "Will you surrender?"
There was silence at the top of the city.
He didn't shout that he would not surrender, nor did he say surrender. He just looked at Chen Zuyi. Chen Zuyi bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot down an arrow. Shoot it at the visitor's feet. The man immediately ran back.
This long arrow is the answer.
Then Lu Zhongheng snorted and said, "Fire."
The thirteen cannons that had been prepared opened fire one after another.
Cannonballs shot out one after another and hit the city wall not far away. Almost instantly.
As mentioned earlier, Old Port is the old capital of Srivijaya. The city walls of the Old Port are also leftover from the Srivijaya period. It's about a hundred or two hundred years old. It has fallen into disrepair over the years. Although Chen Zuyi made some emergency repairs, it was still just doable.
There is no way to compare it with the city walls in the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention, this city wall had no thought of defense against firearms.
Any defense system must understand one thing: What is it defending against?
The Ming Dynasty was an era when firearms gradually became popular. Before the Ming Dynasty, there were no large-scale city walls covered with bricks. Starting from the Ming Dynasty, city walls covered with bricks became the mainstream. Except for places where there is no money, the city walls are usually covered with a layer of bricks.
The reason is not pretty or anything.
Just for the fire arrester.
If anyone has seen a rammed earth city wall, they will find that a long rammed earth city wall is essentially an earth wall. When artillery hits it, a large number of adobe bricks will loosen and fall. Wrapping it with a layer of bricks can provide a good defense against this situation.
Although the construction method of the city wall of Srivijaya is somewhat different from that of the Ming Dynasty, in essence, it is still built with rammed earth. This is also a method that has been used in many places since primitive times.
This city wall was not even thought of as a defense against artillery. Unlike the city walls of the Ming Dynasty, defensive artillery was considered when they were built. Even during the Anti-Japanese War, the city walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties still played a certain role.
Although this round of shelling did not kill anyone. But the impact it brought to the city was no less than that of the Mongols bombarding the Xiangyang city wall with return artillery. In the old port city where people's hearts were originally filled with excitement, the last string was suddenly broken.
Suddenly, a white flag was raised somewhere in the city, and a group of people shouted: "Kill Chen Zuyi and welcome the king's master."
For a time, there was a loud cry of killing from the top of the city.
Chen Zuyi had expected such a situation, but he never expected it. On the first day of the war, such a situation emerged. I never expected that he would be the first to react.
Shi Laoliu was a young man promoted by Chen Zuyi. Only in his early twenties. Fighting bravely, not to mention other battles, just the battle to destroy the Liang family, Shi Laoliu took the lead. Killed many members of the Liang family. Because of this, Chen Zuyi placed Shi Laoliu in a key position.
Come to think of it, not until the last moment. Shi Laoliu will not rebel.
But things were just the opposite. Just because Shi Laoliu had killed the Liang family too harshly before, he realized that the situation was over and he had to do something immediately. to save the situation. Otherwise, when the city is broken, it will be the day he loses his life.
Moreover, when Shi Laoliu led his troops to kill him, Chen Zuyi's other troops seemed to have not seen him and made no interception moves at all.
Only when Shi Laoliu reached Chen Zuyi, Chen Zuyi's guards rose up to resist.
But how long can this be sustained?
After a while, there was no longer a living guard in front of Chen Zuyi.
Chen Zuyi looked at Shi Laoliu, and then at the other ministries on the city wall, including Chen Zuxiao and other Chen family disciples. None of them moved. Chen Zuyi smiled softly and said, "Shi Laoliu, everyone wants to save face and doesn't want to be stained with my blood. Aren't you afraid?"
Shi Laoliu gritted his teeth and said, "I can't help you, but I want to live."
Chen Zuyi said: "Kill me and you will live. Liang Sizu will let you go."
Shi Laoliu said: "Yes, I am Liang Sizu's uncle now. If he doesn't think about me, he must also think about the female family members of the Liang family and the current Liang family."
Chen Zuyi didn't understand. No matter what happens to Chen Zuyi? The Liang family is almost done. There is no male in the Liang family, even with the care of the government and the influence of Liang Daoming. Without these people, there would be nothing.
Liang Sizu's best way is to immediately attract a group of relatives through marriage, so that the current strength of the Liang family can be realized. When the next generation of the Liang family grows up, they will take over everything in the Liang family with the support of these relatives and friends. Of course. This is also an ideal approach.
Success or failure are two different things.
But it was also Liang Sizu’s best approach.
Chen Zuyi laughed and said, "How could I die as a child?" Then he committed suicide with his sword.
