Although Hanzhong Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi, it is the gateway to Shuzhong and has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times.
At this time, facing the Ming army's pressure on the border, the 50,000 Daxi Army temporarily recruited were already panicked and had no fighting spirit. They were struggling to support themselves solely by relying on natural dangers.
However, even Zhang Xianzhong himself knew that he might not be able to survive for long if this continued, so he pinned all his hopes on his adopted son Li Dingguo.
I hope he can defeat Qin Lihua and Li Dakai as soon as possible, and then come to support him. As long as he can defeat the Ming army in eastern Sichuan and defend Hanzhong, he can continue to rule as king by relying on the natural dangers of the Shu road.
But looking at Li Dingguo's autographed letter, Zhang Xianzhong was speechless for a long time. Finally, he sighed and ordered someone to invite the Red Lady's envoy into the lobby and agreed to submit.
The envoy was also overjoyed. He never expected that the Eight Kings, who were hesitant a few days ago, would suddenly agree today. He was really overjoyed.
"Don't worry, King Shu. Your Majesty will treat you kindly as your concubine personally guarantees you."
The envoy seemed to be afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would regret it. After he came to his senses, he quickly expressed relief.
Zhang Xianzhong, however, waved his hand and said nothing. The two parties agreed on the time and specific details, and the envoy hurriedly left.
And Zhang Xianzhong also began to reply to Li Dingguo.
Five days later, Wu Sangui led his army into Hanzhong, and all the Great Western Army laid down their weapons.
At the same time, Li Dingguo of eastern Sichuan also ordered one hundred thousand soldiers to lay down their weapons and formally surrender to the Ming army.
At this point, the peasant rebel army that had been running rampant for more than twenty years was completely put down, and all the leaders of the thirty-sixth battalion of the rebel army were also eliminated.
The Red Lady was very excited to be able to capture Sichuan without any bloodshed. She immediately ordered Li Dakai and Qin Lihua to take over all parts of Sichuan and treat the surrendered troops well. Zuo Menggeng stayed in Hanzhong, and Wu Sangui led the army back to Chang'an.
As for the Eight Kings, Li Dingguo and a group of generals, they all went to Chang'an, and then joined the surrendered generals of the Chuang Army and headed to the capital together.
Half a month later, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo came to Chang'an with hundreds of generals. The red lady did not treat them harshly, and even hosted a banquet in person.
"Don't worry, everyone, your Majesty is talented and broad-minded. He is a rare and eternal sage. He will definitely ignore past grudges and act only on his talents."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will give you another drink later!"
In the hall of Prince Qin's Mansion, more than 20 rebel leaders, including Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Zongmin, and Li Dingguo, all felt relieved and placed all their wealth, life and future on the Red Lady.
"For the King of Shu, I have been famous for a long time, but unfortunately I have never seen him. Today I finally got my wish. Come, I will give you a drink!"
The red lady raised her wine glass and said to Zhang Xianzhong.
"Your Majesty, I love you so much. I, Lao Zhang, have been admiring your Majesty for a long time. I should give you a toast!"
Zhang Xianzhong quickly said modestly.
"Oh, after all, you are also a senior, so you should be."
The red lady waved her hands and said with a smile.
Seeing her saying this without any airs, the atmosphere in the hall immediately relaxed. After three glasses of wine, the red lady started talking about her rebellion. Everyone also became interested and began to talk about herself.
The glorious deeds of that year.
For those who didn't know better, they thought it was a group of rebel leaders having another party, but luckily Lady Red sent all the rest away in advance.
After making some arrangements, three days later, the Red Lady took a group of surrendered generals and set off for the capital, finally arriving at the end of October.
Zhu Cixiang, who had learned the news in advance, also returned to the capital with the leaders of the Tumote tribe, while the army was still on the way.
As for the Andong Protectorate City, it is still under construction, and the Tumut tribe members are still on their way to migrate.
In order to frighten the Mongolian tribes, Zhu Cihong left Huang Degong's right army on the grassland, building a city and practicing riding skills at the same time.
"My beloved, I didn't expect you to be able to deal with King Chuang and the Eighth Kings in such a short period of time without any blood. It's really wonderful."
In the imperial study room, Zhu Cihong held the red lady in his arms and kept laughing.
He knew that there was a big reason why the Eight Great Kings and the generals of King Chuang surrendered so happily, and the noble concubine Hong Niangzi was also a rebel in the past.
In his heart, Yu Fa felt that he was too wise to make her a noble concubine, and it really saved him a lot of trouble.
"I did not expect that Your Majesty would beat Na Duo Ergun and Hong Chengchou to a pulp during his first personal expedition, and they would flee back in embarrassment." The Red Lady also boasted.
After the couple complimented each other, they started talking about business.
"Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with the eight kings and those surrendered generals?"
"My beloved, how is the situation in the northwest and southwest?"
Zhu Cixiang did not answer immediately, but asked with a serious face. He wanted to understand the situation in the two places first before making a decision.
The red lady's face became serious, and she sighed and replied: "The situation in the northwest is not good. Everywhere is in ruins. Even the area near Chang'an is very depressed. The total population is probably less than two million. Sichuan is
It’s much better, but almost all the landowners and gentry were killed by the Eight Kings.”
"It doesn't matter whether the landlords and gentry live or die, the main thing is ordinary people." Zhu Cihong waved his hand.
"I have understood clearly that the Great Western Army did not invade ordinary people very much. Most of them just coerced them. Later, after nominally submitting to the imperial court, Sun Kewang implemented many policies to benefit the people."
"Well, in this case, the eight kings can live out the rest of their lives peacefully. Other talented generals can go to the martial arts hall to study and then continue to join the army. As for the idiots, they can be given the status of military attachés and let them make a living on their own.
"
Zhu Cixiang thought about it and said.
Later generations heard that Zhang Xianzhong massacred all ten houses in Sichuan, but he never believed it.
Because Zhang Xianzhong himself was born a peasant, he rebelled only when he could no longer survive. Unless he was stupid, he would kill all the Han people in Sichuan. If he wanted to massacre, he would only massacre the rich, firstly to steal money and women, and secondly to create hatred.
As for ordinary people, there is no reason to massacre them.
After all, it has never been heard since ancient times that the Han warlord would go crazy and massacre the Han people on his territory.
So it is obvious who slaughtered everyone in Sichuan.
When the red lady heard this, she also breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Although she knew that with the magnanimity of the young emperor, she should be able to tolerate the Eight Kings and those rebel generals, but the power of God is unpredictable and the emperor's heart is unpredictable, so she was still a little worried just now.
, for fear that he would directly kill all the thousands of rebel thieves.
The next day, Zhu Cihong personally met with Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Li Guo and Liu Zongmin.
As for the other rebel leaders, they are not qualified to meet the emperor, and they are obviously not high enough.
