Yang Zhan knelt on the ruins of the Shu Palace, too painful to speak a word. His cheeks twitched, and his hands were groping in the rubble. He couldn't tell whether this was Zhang Xianzhong's fault or his.

Who cares about everything in the world, who is responsible for protecting it. Zhang Xianzhong is just a plunderer. If you can't take away things, burn them with fire. This is the logic of a robber.

If he wants to protect him, he should fight tooth and nail to prevent and prevent him. After fighting Zhang Xianzhong for so many years, on the surface, it seems that he has won repeatedly, but every time he paid a bloody price.

This time, the price was too high! How should he explain to the King of Shu and the people of Shu?

Xiao Jin only has one eye, and he wishes he could lose his other eye at this moment. If he can't see the scene in front of him, he won't feel the pain of tearing. This is the Shu capital in their blood, a place they want to come back to in their dreams.

Yuanhong rummaged through the ruins with one hand, trying to find something as a memory for King Zhu Pingxi of Shu.

Jian Kuan used Qing Kung Fu to fly around among the endless ruins, identifying the bustling streets and gorgeous buildings of the past.

They came too late!

When Zhang Xianzhong conquered the city, they were still busy with the autumn harvest. It wasn't until the soaring fire lit up the sky of Chengdu and pieces of red cloud drifted along the river to Meizhou that they realized what was happening and hurriedly pursued them to Chengdu with 50,000 soldiers.

The Great Western Army has marched away, and the former splendid and majestic Shu palace complex, second only to the Imperial Palace of the Capital, has been reduced to ashes. There are only three white marble curved-back bridges across the Jinshui River, and the lifelike pair of embroidered balls in front of the palace gate.

The stone lion is still there, but its face is also covered in dust.

Li Zhiyong reminded Yang Zhan: "My condolences, General. Should we pursue the enemy? Or stay on the spot?"

Yang Zhan endured his grief and said slowly: "Order the soldiers to search the whole city to see if they can find anyone who is still alive or anything useful."

As a result, they only found the "Seven Killings Monument" under the ruins of the Shu Palace, which was signed with the seal of the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong.

This stele was inscribed on May 13th, the second year of Dashun. It is a piece of hard auburn granite from Lushan, Yazhou. It is about seven feet high, three feet wide and eight inches thick. There are a row of steel engraved on it.

The big cross: "All things are born with humans, and humans have nothing to do with heaven. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!" Especially the seven words "kill", which are quite scary, like seven steel guns thrown out.

The cross is so fierce and ferocious.

All the soldiers present were shocked and horrified. This demon king was killing people while making excuses for himself. It was so absurd and terrifying!

Yang Zhan looked up to the sky and screamed, and then said with hatred: "Zhang Xianzhong is so shameless and cruel. If I don't kill him, I can't vent the hatred of the Shu people."

Yang Zhan led his troops in pursuit northward until they reached Hanzhou, which was more than a hundred miles away from Chengdu. Zhang Xianzhong walked all the way, killing, robbing, and burning all the way.

Yang Zhan chased Hanzhou, which had just been set ablaze by Zhang Xianzhong, and the situation was horrific.

Should we put out the fire and save people, or continue the pursuit?

Yang Zhan's first choice was always the former. He ordered all units in the army to put out the remaining fire and save lives and heal the wounded.

Although the fire was extinguished, Hanzhou, which used to be a large city, densely populated, and prosperous market, was massacred by Zhang Xianzhong, leaving ruins everywhere and corpses in a mess.

The soldiers found another stele by Zhang Xianzhong, which was the "Holy Edict Stele". It was inscribed on the stele: "All things are born with humans, and humans have nothing like heaven. Ghosts and gods are clear, and they think about themselves." It was signed in the second year of Dashun.

March.

Yang Zhan scolded: "How deceitful must a demon king who has lost his humanity be to deceive so many people into being his executioner!"

He ordered his soldiers to pick up the debris inside and outside the city, and dug a large pit outside the west gate of Hanzhou to build a "Ten Thousand Tombs". In order to remember this painful history, he wrote an article "Ten Thousand Tombs"

"Inscription on the Stele": "In the year Bing and Wu, the traitor Zhang Xianzhong rebelled against Shu and killed hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhou. I was ordered to quell the invaders and restore the country. I marched my troops across this place. I hurt their bones and covered them with yellow soil. I wrote the inscription "Ten Thousand Graves".

All our soldiers and people, those who have been hurt by the frost and dew of spring and autumn, who have suffered tragic injuries to their fathers and brothers, will mourn for their ancestors and hate the invaders. The thoughts of loyalty and filial piety are difficult to understand, and they would rather not be vigorous but happy."

This "Ten Thousand Tombs Stele" records the catastrophe suffered by Hanzhou in detail. The soldiers in the army who were skilled in engraving gold and stone were ordered to engrave the "Ten Thousand Tombs Stele" written by themselves on the back of the "Holy Oracle Stele".

After all this was done, it was already dusk.

Xiao Jin said: "Don't chase the poor enemy. We are chasing in such a hurry, and we don't have enough food, grass and ammunition. If the devil turns back and stalks us, we will be defeated! I heard that the Qing soldiers have occupied Hanzhong, so why don't we let them fight? We will retreat to

Chengdu, set up camp and make full preparations before fighting them."

Yang Zhan pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay to let the two evil tigers fight for the first time. Besides, Shunqing is still in Zeng Ying's hands, and he will definitely not be let go from there. Let's return to Chengdu for the time being, decide on a strategy, and then

Gather your best troops."

Jian Kuan said: "Brother, the King of Shu once told me that when you hesitate between killing enemies and protecting the people, please choose to protect the people. He said that God will not let the devil who has done all the bad things.

For a long time. And the people are the foundation of our Shu Kingdom. If you can save one, it will be one."

These words stirred Yang Zhan's heart, and he remained silent on the way back. However, the two stone tablets dug out today became the focus of discussion among the soldiers.

Some of them knew the inside story, so they told everyone the ins and outs of these two stone tablets.

It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong killed people every day without any regrets and was afraid of betrayal and separation. He asked Wang Zhaolin if there was any way to eliminate the civil strife.

Wang Zhaolin said: "The saints all teach the Shinto and the world obeys them. These people who hold halberds only know how to eat and wear clothes. We only need to write a few fake words and call them sacred oracles to confuse them.

, If you, this generation, will submit to yourself.”

Zhang Xianzhong asked what the holy edict from heaven was? Wang Zhaolin said: "If you do it, it can only be done on a day of storm and thunderstorm."

One day, clouds suddenly spread all around, thunder and lightning came, and rain poured down. It stopped at Mao hour the next day. The water inside and outside the city was more than ten feet deep, and thousands of barracks were floating on both sides of the river.

Wang Zhaolin passed a sign in the name of Lao Long live and told the officers and soldiers inside and outside the Eight Route Army: "At night, the emperor saw the Book of Heaven falling into the court. The Book of Heaven said that heaven has all things and humans, and humans have nothing to do with heaven. The world is unfaithful and unfilial, and commits sins.

It is too heavy, and the human heart is not in harmony with the will of Heaven. The great catastrophe has come, and there is no need to show mercy. The emperor has always killed soldiers and civilians, all of which are his own sins. There is no way to escape from the net of heaven. You, the officials and the people, should wash away your worries and abide by the wrath of Heaven.

If there is another person who falls victim to the law in the future, the Emperor will punish him by heaven, so he should not hold any grudges."

First, Wang Yinglong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, supervised the construction and erection of the stele and published it in various prefectures and counties. On the front, there was an inscription in regular script in vertical lines: "Heaven has all things and humans, humans have nothing to do with heaven. Ghosts and gods are clear, and they think and measure themselves." The inscription is "Da Shun".

February 13, 2018."

Yan Xi was also ordered to write an annotation on the origin of the sacred edict in the shadow of the stele. The Daxi army did not know that this was Zhang Xianzhong's deceitful technique. Anyone who killed him in the future believed it to be heaven's punishment.

From then on, Zhang Xianzhong became a hundred times more cruel than before. Later, he simply changed the last two sentences: "Ghosts and gods are clear, think for yourself" into seven words "kill". General Daxi, convinced that he would help others when he encounters evil.
Chapter completed!