Chapter 14 Who defeated the Ming army?

Chapter 14: Who is the person who defeated the Ming army?

Lantian County wants to run Shuzhong, which has been planned for a long time.

It is not difficult for Lantian County to operate Shuzhong subtly.

Nowadays, Guanzhong is the largest distribution center for goods in central Sichuan, and it is also the overlord who controls the main road from central Sichuan to the Central Plains.

If Yunshi closes the road to Shu, then Shuzhong can really close the door and become its own entity.

The King of Shu in the Ming Dynasty was not an obstacle to Yun Zhao's invasion of Shu, nor were the governors of Sichuan and officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty. The only person who could make Yun Zhao pay attention was Qin Liangyu!

The King of Qin has done a lot of work to deal with the King of Shu. For now, the relationship between them is very close, especially in business, which makes the kings of the world jealous. .

As for Ming officials?

Those people who came out of Yushan Academy have many ways to deal with them. These people can be bribed, coerced, blackmailed, and do what they want. In short, when the power of the imperial court can no longer protect them, these people Most people's moral integrity is not very good.

Qin Liangyu is different!

Zhang Bingzhong coveted Shuzhong three times, and three times he was beaten by this old woman and fled with very little force. Luo Rucai was almost annihilated by this old woman.

Over the years, the Yun family has continuously shown goodwill to Chieftain Shizhu, and generously provided a lot of support in terms of food, materials, and even weapons. Unfortunately, Qin Liangyu did not refuse these things and even released them. Speaking of which, Yun Zhao, the little grandson, should be more filial to her, the poor old grandmother.

As for helping the Yun family gain a foothold in Shu, she did not participate at all, and was even wary of it. The idea of ​​garrisoning troops in Mianzhou this time was the idea of ​​this old woman. Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun Gladly adopted.

The troops stationed in Mianyang can be well guarded in Qingchuan, Jiange, and Wen County, which borders Yunzhao's forces. As long as the Lantian County army wants to enter the middle of Shu, these places are the only way to pass. .

Forcibly entering the middle of Shu is something Zhang Bingzhong likes to do, but Yun Zhao will naturally not do it.

He even hoped that Zhang Bingzhong could enter Shu first and quell the resistance for him. Then, he would go in to appease the people there and kill Zhang Bingzhong to give relief to the people of Shu.

At this time, Feng Ying's role was revealed. If Feng Ying led the bandits from Funiu Mountain into Shu first, a lot of unnecessary battles could be reduced.

At least, the people in Shizhu did not have such a strong desire to resist.

This is the unanimous opinion of the leaders of Lantian County.

Feng Ying’s belly is very big, and the blood vessels on her belly are clearly visible in just six months. This makes Yun Zhao very worried, and her belly will burst if she continues.

"There won't be two in there, right?"

"I thought too, but Xuan Jing said no, yes.one. "

Yun Zhao moved his ears away from Feng Ying's belly. It was not that he wanted to leave, but that a small bump suddenly bulged in Feng Ying's belly...

"The child is here You are using your fists and kicks, oh, help me up, I want to clean my hands. ”

After a woman got pregnant, things like getting up at night became more frequent. Yun Zhao helped Feng Ying up, got out of bed and put her shoes on, frowning and looking at her sleeping soundly outside. Yun Chun Yunhua sighed and said: "I don't know what evil I have done to have two maids like this. "

Feng Ying smiled and said: "Xiao Chu is like this too. "

"Did you agree to marry Xiao Chu to Qian Shao Shao? ”

“The person who suffered was Qian Shaoshao, not Xiao Chu. This was Duoduo’s gesture of goodwill to me, and Xiao Chu himself didn’t resist, so of course I wouldn’t be a bad person.

However, Xiao Chu has been sad all her life. Marrying a husband who is more beautiful than herself will always be harder. "

Yun Zhao helped Feng Ying out from behind the bed and said with a smile: "What is Xiao Chu doing these days? "

" I was called away by Duoduo. I heard that he was teaching Xiaochu how to be a qualified doctor.

Yun Zhao chuckled and said: "In other words, Duoduo is going to let Qian Shaoshao marry a few more, right?" "

Feng Ying shook her head and said: "No, Duoduo said that the only one who can be carried in is Xiao Chu. As for her outside, she can't control it. ”

“That’s right, there is no way in this world to ask for perfection. It’s just a matter of luck to have something perfect.” "

Feng Ying blinked her bright eyes and looked at Yun Zhao and said: "Am I perfect or beautiful? "

Yun Zhao sighed and said: "Even if we love each other with all our strength, at most we will be perfect. There is nothing we can do about it. "

Feng Ying smiled and said: "I am still willing to tell the truth, but I will be a little more happy after the child is born.

Yun Zhao smiled, touched Feng Ying's bulging belly and said, "Then let's have more babies." "

The two of them had just fallen asleep. Yun Zhao suddenly felt the world spinning. The teapot beside the bed rattled. Yun Zhao was startled. He dragged Feng Ying up and shouted outside, "There's an earthquake. . ”

The two of them didn’t bother to put on their shoes and were about to run out when Yun Zhao felt his wrist tighten and his body flew sideways, smashing through the window and reaching the window in an instant.

Ignoring the pain all over my body, I was about to re-enter the house, but I saw Feng Ying dragging Yun Chun with one hand and Yun Hua with the other hand and walking out of the house.

I saw the three of them. Now that it was safe, Yun Zhao glared at Feng Ying and hurried towards the inner house.

Fortunately, Yun's mansion was newly built and the building was solid, although some tiles fell down. However, there was no serious problem in the room.

After Yun Zhao made sure that his mother and Qian Duoduo were fine, he didn’t bother to comfort them and shouted to his guards: “Bang the drum! "

Just as he gave the order, the ground began to shake again, and he felt that the ground beneath his feetSuddenly the ground turned into waves.

This shaking lasted for two breaths before it stopped.

Yun Zhao looked at the collapsed garden wall gloomily, as if a weight had been stuffed into his heart.

Qian Duoduo said in a tearful tone: "Husband, Earth Dragon has turned over."

Yun Zhao grabbed her hand and said: "It's okay, it's over."

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Yun Niang shouted to Yun Zhao sternly: "The gathering drum has been beaten, what are you still doing here?"

Yun Zhao agreed and hurried to the big study room .

Before arriving at the big study room, I met Yunhu, Yunbao, Yunjiao and Yunyang all dressed up.

"Take your headquarters to quickly inspect the disaster situation from four directions, southeast and northwest, and do your best to rescue the victims."

The four of them agreed and hurried away.

More and more people gathered around Yun Zhao.

“Tear down the military tents, resettle the people in the wilderness, and order all the people to leave their homes and sleep in the wilderness.”

“I ordered the commander of the army, who quickly organized group training and maintenance In the countryside, if there is anyone who takes advantage of the situation, kill him, if there is anyone who hoards things, kill him!"

"Call all the doctors in Lantian County to build a field medical center according to the pre-arranged plan. Allocate manpower."

"Zhang Mingliang, I want you to identify the most affected areas in the shortest possible time. I want to arrive as soon as possible."

"Order all the Lantian County markets. All available disaster relief materials must be requisitioned. Anyone who refuses to comply will be killed!"

"Order all students in the first grade and above of Yushan Academy to wear armor and follow the emergency regulations we have formulated. Take action!"

"Order the Yushan City defenders to immediately inspect the damage, count the number of casualties, and make statistics of the disaster."

"Order the Phoenix Mountain Camp to stop training and all soldiers to prepare. , stand by in the military camp, and those who leave the camp without orders will be killed!"

"Order Yunfu, Yunxiao, to close all channels to Lantian from the outside world..."

Yun Zhao As he walked and gave orders, the people gathered around him left one after another. In a short time, the sound of countless horse hooves sounded in Yushan City.

At the same time, the four fire dragons left Yushan City and rushed in the four directions of southeast and northwest at the intersection. As they ran, someone shouted: "The county has ordered, leave the house, sleep in the wilderness, and take shelter." At the foot of the mountain..."

After Yun Zhao arrived at the big study room, more people were waiting for him here with the documents they had just written. Yun Zhao took out his seal and reviewed these military orders while quickly Yin Yin waited until there were finally fewer people in the big study.

Suddenly he felt warm on his feet. When he looked down, he realized that it was Qian Duoduo squatting on the ground to put on his shoes.

Feng Ying looked at him apologetically.

With burning pain in his knees and elbows, Yun Zhao gritted his teeth and helped Qian Duoduo up, pressed him on his seat, and said to Feng Ying: "Here we go.I am your king here, and I am the master in everything. At home, I am your husband. How can I leave my pregnant wife and run away?

Feng Ying lifted up Yun Zhao's sleeves, and while bandaging the wound with a white veil, she shook her head and said, "You can still marry again if your wife is gone. If you are gone, Lantian is in danger." "

Yun Zhao was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "This damn natural disaster, I hope the epicenter is not in my Lantian County. ”

The large study room is the strongest place in the entire Ming Dynasty. Yun Zhao estimates that an earthquake of magnitude 5 or 6 just now will not cause harm to this large wooden building with an all-mortise and tenon structure.

Even so, they still didn't dare to let Qian Duoduo go. Feng Ying and the two pregnant women stayed here for a while. After a while, the guards came to report that the Chinese army's tent had been set up. Yun Zhao took them to the Chinese army's tent.

Such an earthquake would not cause much damage to a building like Yun's Mansion, but it would be hard to say that it would damage ordinary rammed earth buildings.

At this time, Yushan City was crying.

Yun Zhao walked around in the Chinese army tent without a moment of leisure.

It has been two hours since the earthquake. Officials from the vicinity of Yushan City were sent. The messenger rushed over to report the preliminary statistics of the disaster.

After hearing the reports from these people, Yun Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. The worst-hit place was actually Yushan City!

Even the nearby Lantian County was not seriously damaged, but three of the hundreds of large chimneys near Yushan City collapsed, and more than 400 houses in the city collapsed.

Yushan City. The observatory on the academy was severely damaged. Half of the building was buried by the collapsed mountain. Seven people were missing and nine were injured.

The earthquake's hardest-hit area was deep in the uninhabited Qinling Mountains... This is. A blessing in misfortune.

At dawn, Yun Zhao climbed up to the Drum Tower and looked around. The once beautiful Yushan City was badly damaged, especially the large old residential area on the right, which was even more damaged. Houses collapsed.

As for the new residential area in the north, although the walls also collapsed, the overall appearance was still intact.

Yun Zhao came to the old residential area. After looking at it, I felt lucky. The houses here collapsed very badly, but not many people were killed or injured. There were hundreds of wounded people lying in the huge tents, but the real number of dead was not many.

Most of the roofs of the old houses are thatched roofs. In addition, over the years, people in Yun's Village have gained some money, and many families have built new houses. For the purpose of frugality, they live in the old houses. Most of the people here are old people.

At this moment, Lantian County’s strong organizational ability is finally reflected.

Everyone who has no worries about their family, whether they are rich or poor. , or officials and businessmen all left their homes and rummaged through the ruins of the old house, hoping that the people under the ruins could receive the fastest treatment.

At this time, there was still no news from the outside. When there was no news, Yun Zhao also joined the search army. As long as one person was rescued from the ruins,People, the crowd would cheer loudly.

Qian Shaoshi moved a stone, looked at a pig that was still groaning under the earth wall, and said happily: "There is a living one here."

Everyone was overjoyed. , came over to take a look, looked at Qian Shaoshao with disdain, and continued to search.

Five to six thousand people searched the small village, and after an hour it was confirmed that there was no one trapped underneath.

Then the outward search began.

Yun Zhao sat on a stone, took a sip of water and said to Qian Shaoshao: "I suddenly understand Zhu Youjian's mood.

Just last night, I still When Feng Ying and I were looking forward to the future life together, God came to us. If it were more severe, this disaster would be enough to destroy the results of our hard work over the years.

Qian Shaoshao shook his head and said: "There is nothing to be afraid of. We have people who follow us and we have weapons. If this place is destroyed, We just need to find another place to live. In less than three years, we will have a place as prosperous as Lantian County.

As long as you live, Lantian County will not perish. ”

So, we have to do it in the shortest possible time. Here, all the damage caused by the earth dragon turning over will be eliminated. Only in this way can the people no longer fear this kind of natural disaster."

When I returned to the Chinese army's tent in the evening, Qian Duoduo and Feng Ying were not there. , they were summoned away by Yun Niang. Yun Niang stubbornly believed that her son's military tent should be the place where military affairs were handled. What would it be like for two pregnant women to stay there.

“I don’t suggest that the disaster of the earth dragon’s transformation should be described in a small way, but in a big way. Especially the memorials from the imperial court must be exaggerated, exaggerated and then exaggerated.

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According to the news sent from Tongguan, the intensity of the earth dragon turning over in Henan is less severe than here, but there are more collapsed houses there than here.

Therefore, in order not to embarrass the officials in Henan, we should be more serious."

Lantian County Chief Liu was the first to speak, but his eyes were fixed on Yun Zhao's face, Ruoyun. Zhao didn't agree so he could change his story at any time.

"To give outsiders the impression that our Lantian County suffered a natural disaster, we were so overwhelmed that we had no time to care."

Yun Zhao looked at Gao Zhengmao, who had a gray beard. A glance and a slight nod.

Qian Shaoshao said: "Since Lantian County has been under military control from the first moment of the disaster, people outside until now only know that Lantian County has suffered a disaster, but they don't know that we Actual damage situation

I think we should make good use of the disaster. When others think we have too much to take care of, we can just work hard and make progress.Down. "

Zhang Mingliang nodded and said: "We have made countless plans, many plans that could not be implemented due to poor timing, but I thought they could be implemented. "

Yun Zhao frowned and said, "I can't hide it from those people in Xi'an City. "

Qian Shaoshi said: "Lantian County is very big, Xi'an City was only affected. What's more, Xi'an City is not unscathed. The Danfeng Gate wall collapsed by more than 30 feet, and the bell tower and drum tower collapsed. There were cracks two inches wide.

No less than 2,000 houses collapsed in each village.

It’s okay for us to exaggerate a bit here. "

Yun Zhao nodded and said: "Then report it like this. However, our most important thing at the moment is disaster reduction and relief. This is our first priority. ”

As news from all over Lantian County gathered in Yun Zhao’s case, his hanging heart finally fell. He finally had the mood to fabricate the disaster to the court.

According to Yun Zhao According to the memorial, Lantian County suffered heavy losses. More than 20,000 houses collapsed in various places, 6,000 people were crushed to death, and countless people were injured. All the walls of Lantian County collapsed... The people were sleeping in the wild and dared not return to their homes. It was unspeakably miserable. ...

Generally speaking, this earthquake is the aftershock of the Huaxian earthquake in the 34th year of Jiajing period.

The violent earthquake at that time affected Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan at the same time. , the sound was like thunder. Weinan, Huazhou, Chaoyi, Sanyuan, Puzhou and other places were turned upside down.

According to Xi'an official records, the earthquake killed 830,000 soldiers and civilians and collapsed houses. More than one million, affecting 101 counties in three provinces.

Local officials usually exaggerate their reports several times when reporting disasters to the emperor, so the worries of people like Yun Zhao are completely unnecessary.

The disaster reports in Lantian County were exaggerated countless times, and were mixed in the disaster reports from officials in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and even Sichuan, Hubei and other places.

The cloud is inconspicuous. Zhao didn't understand what happened to Shanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei due to this earthquake.

After the emperor's decree was issued, Yun Zhao suddenly realized that as long as the earth dragon turned around, it would be the emperor's moral failings.

Taxes must be reduced or reduced at the local level. Therefore, Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei reduced taxes by 30%... As for Guanzhong, which was the hardest hit, the emperor only issued an order to express his condolences, and there was no tax reduction or exemption.

“It’s your fault! "

Qian Shaoshao spoke bluntly.

"You made the disaster situation in Lantian County too light. "

"Do you want to hear how the governor of Henan wrote the memorial? People say this: There was a huge earthquake in Mianchi. Tens of thousands of horses galloped on the ground, and dust and mist covered the sky. It rained heavily at night, thunder and lightning struck, all the houses collapsed, and more than 30,000 people were crushed to death...

The governor of Sichuan said this: The ground in Hanzhong cracked and black water gushed out, and the loaches and eels gathered together. I don’t know where. Come. During the earthquake, all the river water was dry...the city walls, building stacks, embankments, official residences and houses, as well as villages and temples collapsed to the ground. More than 31,000 soldiers and civilians were crushed to deathPeople, cattle, horses and livestock are not counted.

The governor of Hubei said this: ...At that time, a spring burst out from the ground, spraying up to a height of two to three feet. Water flowed all over the place, and all the ditches and ditches were filled with water. When it moved, it disappeared into nothing. ... Hundreds of thousands of houses collapsed in Heyi. ... At that time, corpses were scattered all over the countryside, and many people could not be buried. Wherever there were villages, the stench spread far and wide, making it difficult to carry them all. ”

“Let’s look at what you wrote: More than 20,000 houses collapsed everywhere, 6,000 people were crushed to death, countless people were injured, all the city walls in Lantian County collapsed... the people were sleeping in the wild, There are families who dare not return home, it is miserable...

Our Lantian County itself does not have a city wall, right? Cao Huachun and the fans of Dongchang all know that there is such a loophole, and others will not believe it. .

More than 600 people were killed or injured in our county. It is such a tragic situation. You said 6,000 is really too few. Compared with others, we are considered light. You wrote a memorial like this. Even Sun Chuanting The governor of Shaanxi is not even able to help us smooth things over.

Yun Zhao looked at the news that Mr. Qian brought and murmured to himself: "I already feel shameless and a little ashamed. I didn't expect these people to have no shame at all!"

Qian Shaoshao sighed and said: "Everyone wants to scrape two ounces of oil from the emperor's skinny donkey, but they don't want to see if the emperor's skinny donkey can still scrape oil from it?"

This earthquake destined Yang Sichang to be in Henan, and the futility of the suppression of bandits in Hubei. It also destined Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others to return to their base to eat.

It was also destined that Li Hongji could soar into the sky, and Zhang Bingzhong was destined to put aside all worries and march into Sichuan.

Ah Zhao, it was not the thieves like Li Hongji who defeated the army, nor was it the Earth Dragon's comeback, but you shameless Ming officials. ”