Beiyang new warlord

Serving as a soldier these days is too hard. When I hear the money, I don’t even care about enjoying the last bit of smoke. I throw away the cigarette butt, and the lame veteran is the first to squeeze in. Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the soldier who beat the gong A leak.

The crowding lasted for about ten minutes. It has been several years, but the lame veteran who saw the silver could not help but hold the silver in a daze. A streak of lead gray.

It's been ten days of hard work, and I lost half of my leg, in exchange for this money I don't know if I have lumpy beans.

Turning around suddenly, the remaining three or four crooked melons and cracked dates of my own group were also dazed by my side, looking down blankly, Wang Shaoyu, the commander of my department, was patrolling with great style, thinking about his round belly, The corruption has been undisguised. Just behind him, two soldiers are holding the silver box, which is the same as the box that gave him the silver just now.

However, adding one piece to three boxes is not much, at most 3000 taels.

The soy bean slipped down from his hand without knowing it, and fell on the frozen corpse of the invader outside the city. His eyes turned red slightly. The veteran looked left and right. is the same complexion

4 Chapter Fifty

In the fierce north wind, the fire roared upwards, and the entire north gate of Xi'an City was infected by the fire. The gate of the city, which had been imprisoned for more than ten days, burst open, and soldiers on the city wall shouted angrily: "See justice!" Big brother, we are against you! Let King Chuang enter the city! We will burn the city!"

Amidst the shouts, trampling on the thick snow shell, Li Zicheng's Chuangjun rushed in with all kinds of guys ecstatically. Immediately afterwards, the streets of Luoyang City also became chaotic, and some civilians guarding the city under the walls Zhuang simply plunged into the refugee army, followed by shouting and kicking open the doors of shops one by one, and immediately began to rob and hack.

There has never been a time when the clan and vassals were like the end of the Ming Dynasty. They were all allies of the enemy. In the Ming Dynasty, they levied and extorted money, drunk and dreamed of death, and sat and watched the imperial court collapse. Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, pointed at the golden chair bestowed by the Taizu during the Hongwu period and yelled that it was the only one that could help the army! The lack of hair caused the army's morale to lose, so Zhang Xianzhong stormed into Wuchang City in one go, and looted hundreds of people from the Chu Palace. Thousands of gold and silver.

This time Fu Wang is also a negative example!He, Zhu Changxun, spends 10 taels for the whole year. He tried his best to take out 3000 taels to reward the army. As a result, the 3000 taels hadn’t reached the sergeant’s pocket. When the civil servants were in charge, another hand was deducted as an example. When Wang Shaoyu, the commander in chief, withdrew a large amount, most of it was kept in his own pocket, and a small half was distributed to the soldiers, which fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers who blocked the front line of the wall. , there are only broken pieces of silver the size of soybean grains left, which is so damn impure.

You treat me like a gentleman of the country, and I will repay it with state affairs! You treat me with a soy bean, I have given so much destiny to you, it is already more than a soy bean, right?It's good that King Fu didn't work the army, but when he rewarded the army, he lost the city of Chang'an.

Ancient buildings with a long history in Rome, such as Pompey Square, the Colosseum, and the Opera House, have survived forever, but few of the great buildings in China have survived. On the one hand, Rome pays more attention to stone buildings, while China pays more attention to wooden buildings. Another reason is the violent canopy movement of regime change.

I have never seen such a magnificent city before. Those refugees who just joined the Chuang army are simply dazzled. Things that used to be high and high are now falling apart. Luxurious property and women are within their reach. All order has completely collapsed. The disaster has befallen the world.

"Wow ha ha ha! Delicious! Delicious!"

Amidst the ugly yelling, several ugly and ugly refugees with muddy faces were tearing up the whole chicken just snatched from the banquet. The gluttony is still light, and the head was full of meat like a crab, while tearing Opening the waistband of his trousers, he ferociously threw a frightened little girl onto the bed.

"You thieves, thieves! Let go of the old daughter!"

He was so angry that he had never encountered this kind of treatment. Zhang Yuanwai from Chengkou was so angry that he waved his cane and rushed towards him, but he was usually afraid of him, so how could he even pay attention to him at this time? The naughty ruffian at the head directly turned around and threw his foot on his chest viciously, then went up and stabbed him with a big knife.

"Fuck y'all old stuff!"

The ground was stained with blood, and Zhang Yuanwai, who was once a noble official of the imperial court, fell on his back with his eyes closed.Full of horror, the little girl rushed over crying, screaming and throwing herself into Zhang Yuanwai's arms.

"Father!"

Before she reached out to grab the trembling hand of the old man, the crab had already grabbed her clothes and fell hard into the room again, and pushed it onto the bed. There was no time to wipe off the blood that had just splashed on her face, and the crab was in a hurry Throwing off his clothes, he grinned harshly.

"Little lady, I'm coming!"

The same thing happened almost on the entire magnificent main street.It really happened that Tianjie trampled all the bones of the public!This has almost become a knot in history.

Surrounding a dynasty, a group of people stood out and became the upstart rulers, and then oppressed the civilians with extravagance. Vampires sucked the blood of the weakening country until the weak empire collapsed. The canopy knocked down the high-ranking lords to the ground, slaughtered one prominent family after another, and finally turned into a new ruler. After a few generations, their descendants once again corrupted into the appearance of the lords they hated.

The upper class and landlords accumulated in the city of Xi'an for 200 years have encountered a complete catastrophe today. Every family is full of wealth but is stingy. They despise those poor soldiers who work hard for them from the bottom of their hearts! Now The poor soldiers no longer worked hard for them. Who can they blame for this bitter fruit?

He also didn't intend to restrain his subordinates at all. In the center of the crowd, a tall man wearing a hat and red cloak was galloping forward, charging at the front line, roaring with a long knife held high.

"Rush to the palace! Capture King Fu alive!"

It is rare that tens of thousands of taels of silver are not spent in vain. The soldiers of Prince Fu’s Mansion are still resisting. land.

But there were too many intruders! Before the second round of guns were loaded, the dense army of intruders had already rushed to the wall. Two people supported one's foot and turned over suddenly. Inside the wall, there was another fierce fight Voice.

In the angry cry, Li Zicheng rode his horse to the gate of Prince Fu's mansion, got off his horse, and glanced at the gold letters written by Emperor Wanli himself during the Wanli period, he couldn't help snorting coldly, stepped forward and kicked Put it on the door.

Inside, the barrier blocked by King Fu's personal soldiers had almost been smashed open by the Chuangjun. The vermilion lacquer gate suddenly opened for him, looking at the magnificent pavilions, fragrant and beautiful trees, and the palace maids who are still beautiful even though their faces are pale. , even if it is a dignified King Chuang, he couldn't help but keep his eyes straight for a few seconds, and then he smelled the bloody smell, and Li Zicheng took a deep breath intoxicated.

"This is the goddamn wealth!"

With the fall of Prince Fu's Mansion, the city of Xi'an fell completely into the hands of Chuangjun, but King Fu did not capture it until the next day, when King Fu built a secret cave at Ying'en Temple to pray for Concubine Zheng, which weighed three to four hundred catties Only then did the heavy fat man Fu Wang be fished out.

This is the first state capital city to be captured by the tent army during the refugee rebellion that began in the last years of the apocalypse. This stop was a shot in the arm for the Chuang army who had just left Shangluo Mountain. In the early morning of the next day, millions of taels of silver and 57 shi of grain were preliminarily copied from the palace. Chuangjun, who was hungry and cold just now, faced the threat of survival in the cold winter, and went to a well-off in an instant.

Moreover, more money and food means more subordinates, plus the surrendered officers and soldiers. In just a few days, the 20 invaders quickly expanded to [-].

I have to admire Li Zicheng. After only staying in the magnificent Fuwang Mansion for half a night, Li Zicheng withdrew and retreated to Zhougong Temple outside the city as a temporary headquarters. In the early morning of the next day, the cavalry finally entered the city to maintain Order came and stopped the crazy looting and killing.

However, the liquidation of the powerful ruling class in Luoyang City did not stop. More than 400 bureaucrats and dignitaries including Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, former household minister Lu Weiqi, former servant Kang Menghui, Luoyang landlord Sun Tingsheng, Wang Chaoshan, and Wang Yiming were brought to Zhougong Temple.

In history, it described vividly how Li Zicheng happily shaved the vulgar, stingy and cruel Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, shaved his hair and beard, pulled out his hair and nails, and threw him into a cauldron with a skinned deer, and boiled it alive. Soup, share the food with everyone, this sworn novel is even regarded as a faithful history by many people who understand that period of history.

But in the real situation, Li Zicheng was not so frenzied. After reprimanding these more than 400 people, he ordered to behead them for public display. In front of the citizens of Luoyang, he beheaded [-] heads in one go.

In one day, the blood of Gongqing's clan once again stained the cursed land of Luoyang red, and the bloody lingering seemed to add a bit of stagnation to the Ming Dynasty.

After the news of Luoyang's fall reached the imperial court, Yang Sichang, who was the governor of Huguang, spit out a mouthful of blood. At that time, the battalion was dragged to the vicinity of Lu County, and the pace of encircling and suppressing the Peng Army was severely slowed down.

Under the influence of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, who echoed each other from afar, also boosted their morale. Seizing this opportunity, they suddenly killed a carbine, first went out to defeat the fierce tigers, and then touched the Xiangyang city next to Yang Sichang's army, raided the city, and killed Xiangyang. The king broke the camp of Yang Sichang's army to suppress the bandits.

Falling into a vassal again became the last straw that broke the camel's back. On February [-]th, amidst the worries and fears, Yang Sichang finally vomited blood and died.

The death of Yang Sichang was like the loss of Yuan Chonghuan by the Japanese Mao Jue. The Ming Dynasty's four-year-old plan to spread the net in four corners and ten sides was completely declared bankrupt.

It was as if cancer had occurred in the empire overnight, and bad news came from both the northern and southern battlefields. When the news reached the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in court to listen to the government. Minutes later, his face turned pale, and he waved his hand to announce his retreat.

But the huge blow was not over yet. On February [-]th, another bad news came from Kaifeng, an important town in Henan. Li Zicheng's army suddenly appeared in Kaifeng, and launched a new challenge to the next important imperial town.

I really didn't even have the mood to hold funerals for my uncle, almost in the roar of Zhu Youjian, the bandit suppression army gathered in Huguang went north without stopping, and moved to the Central Plains battlefield.

A series of huge blows also brought unprecedented images to the imperial court of the capital. His eyes were blood red with anxiety. The Emperor Chongzhen finally turned his attention to outside the pass, but he never moved forward. Hong Chengchou, who relieved the siege of Jinzhou, body!

Chapter 451. Chain reaction

In April of the 14th year of Chongzhen.

The empire is rapidly becoming cancerous, and the two battlefields in the Central Plains, Huguang, are precarious.However, it is rare that these things did not happen in the capital. For the people of the capital, it seems that distant wars are not even as qualified as those shown on TV. The big guys are struggling to survive, and no one has the energy to take care of those other than three meals a day. It's a distant business.

Jingkou Yili Station, on both sides of the road, the green wheat finally sprouted, the farmer bent over and kept pulling out the wildly growing weeds, and occasionally turned his head to look at the official road. The main road in front of the station At first glance, he was as happy as the number one scholar marrying a bride. Many old farmers have never seen so many officials and masters in their lives.

"Congratulations! Master Ma! Master Zhang!"

A group of well-dressed gentlemen in red and green official robes gathered together, their voices were almost flattering clasped fists, while riding on horseback with a few servants were two green-clothed officials, Daming official robes and purple robes. For respect, those above the fifth rank wear crimson, while green robes are beyond the sixth rank.However, these two petty officials held their heads high and their chests high, with a haughty look on their faces, they didn't dismount, and nodded their heads high above them.

The national policy of the Ming Dynasty was to make seven grades and one grade! In order to supervise hundreds of officials and reduce investment, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang gave unprecedented rights to small officials. Officials and ministers have indeed played a great role in preventing rebellion by authoritarianism.

However, at some point, this clean force began to deteriorate!This right has been abused infinitely, but instead it has become an excellent way to trade the right to speak and rise to the top of the ranks. Regardless of whether the words are true or useful, each of the censors is scrambling to open up the black and white Big mouth, whoever has the loudest voice! Who dares to speak more!

The eunuchs have become an inherent position of party struggle, just like the Donglin Party, the sharpest weapon is a large group of imperial censors who piled up impeachment memorials in the cabinet, even if Wei Zhongxian is such a powerful eunuch. Headache and fear.