The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 696 The Crazy Zhang Xianzhong
Sun Kewang knelt at the entrance of the hall for half an hour and finally saw a little eunuch come out to announce him in.

He wanted to tell from the little eunuch's expression that this time was good or bad, but the little eunuch was always showing trepidation, with a look of fear on his face, and he really couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.

After all, serving beside a moody murderer like Zhang Xianzhong is an errand with a very high mortality rate. If he doesn't know when he will be killed, no one will be in a good mood.

Serving by Zhang Xianzhong's side is like being an official under Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. When he goes out in the morning, he has to cry goodbye to his family, worrying that he will not be able to return at night.If you go back at night and feel lucky that you have lived an extra day, that kind of suffering is really unbearable for ordinary people.

Sun Kewang followed the little eunuch to the main hall where Zhang Xianzhong was usually in a hurry to discuss politics, and saw that there were still several people in the main hall.

He took a closer look and found that these people were all trusted generals around Zhang Xianzhong, and among them was Li Dingguo, who he had always regarded as the most threatening competitor.

Li Dingguo's ability to lead troops to fight is not inferior to him at all, and he has made no less contributions under Zhang Xianzhong than himself, and he is more calm, Zhang Xianzhong seems to appreciate him more.

This is also the main reason why Sun Kewang has been at odds with Li Dingguo.

Seeing Li Dingguo, his eyes were a little embarrassed, he turned his head and knelt on the ground hastily, facing Zhang Xianzhong and said loudly: "My son is incompetent, I lost Mianyang City, and I know that I am guilty of death, please forgive my father!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, then prostrated himself on the ground and waited for Zhang Xianzhong to speak.

After waiting for a while, although it was not long, it felt like a long time to Sun Kewang, Zhang Xianzhong's voice finally came.

"Get up and talk, Lao Tzu."

Hearing this, Sun Kewang felt relieved, knowing that he might not have to die, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed: "My son, thank you for your kindness, father, long live, long live father!"

After getting up, he dared to look cautiously at Zhang Xianzhong who was sitting on the throne above.

However, although Zhang Xianzhong was wearing a dragon robe, his yellow face was still so yellow, and he couldn't see what was good or bad, so he had to give up.

"Tell me, how the officers and soldiers broke the city." Zhang Xianzhong said carelessly.

He was originally a rogue from a peasant background. He killed countless people and was tyrannical. He didn't look like a scholar who pays attention to self-cultivation. Even if he became an emperor and wore a dragon robe, he didn't have the majesty of an emperor. He leaned on the dragon chair, One leg was raised up on the dragon chair, while the other leg was shaking under it, and the collar of the dragon robe was torn apart due to the hot weather.

But it was such a sloppy murderer who beat the Ming army to the ground, terrified, and fled, killing the people of Shuzhou, and everyone was terrified. It really has to be said to be a great irony.

The so-called killing one person is a thief, killing ten people is a bandit, and killing a million people is a hero.This is the absurd distortion of history, which is chilling but helpless.

Sun Kewang didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily explained in detail the process of the officer's army breaking the city. Of course, it was inevitable to exaggerate the strength of the officer's army, so as to alleviate his guilt and make this failure look like a crime of war. , but the official army is too powerful.

After Zhang Xianzhong heard it, he didn't take it seriously, and asked instead: "Then the artillery of the government army is really so powerful? Are you making up nonsense to lie to me?"

When Zhang Xianzhong stared, he was like a vicious tiger that chooses someone to eat, causing Sun Kewang to tremble all over, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father is above me, I will never dare to tell half a lie. Father, please think about it." After a while, Jiang Chuan has already conquered half of the world in just over two years since he appeared, all because of the power of this artillery."

Only then did Zhang Xianzhong look away, nodded after thinking for a while, and said, "There is some truth in what I said, I really don't know from which corner this turtle son came out of, to have such a powerful cannon, what a **** The evil door, as if it fell from the sky, even Li Datou was killed by him, could it be that the sky sent it to fight against me."

Li Datou is Li Zicheng, the nickname Zhang Xianzhong gave Li Zicheng privately.Li Zicheng is better than him and more famous than him. Zhang Xianzhong has always been dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, but he can't beat Li Zicheng.

Li Datou's nickname means taking advantage of him, implying that Li Zicheng married two wives and ran away with others, and he was given a cuckold and became a victim of taking advantage of him.

When he heard that Li Zicheng was proclaiming himself emperor in Xiangyang, he simply ran to Shuzhou, established Daxi Kingdom in Jinguan City, and also proclaimed himself emperor. Formally, he had to fight against Li Zicheng.

Everyone listened to him, but no one dared to speak up.What Zhang Xianzhong didn't like to hear the most in his life was that so and so was the person whose destiny belonged.

In his opinion, there is only one person in this world whose destiny belongs to, and that is himself.

And the sky he was talking about was himself, or the knife in his hand.

At this time, if anyone answered the words without knowing the seriousness, he would definitely cause trouble to his upper body. If it was serious, he would be killed on the spot, and if it was light, he would be disabled and hemiplegic.

In the past when he was running around and fighting, although Zhang Xianzhong was bloodthirsty, at least he was able to listen to some of his confidantes.

But since entering Shuzhou and becoming the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom, his temperament has changed drastically, and the reasons for killing people have become more and more strange, and it has become more and more difficult to listen to different opinions.

Even if the confidant generals like Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang wanted to raise any opinions, they would beat around the bush and speak carefully, for fear of offending Zhang Xianzhong's sensitive and murderous heart.

After Zhang Xianzhong finished talking, he glanced at Li Dingguo who had been silent all the time, and then said to Sun Kewang: "If Dingguo hadn't spoken to you, you would have been dragged out to feed the dogs. Although I am your old man, But you lost a big battle, and it was Lao Tzu who lost you, so the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven."

Sun Kewang looked at Li Dingguo in astonishment, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Father, for your mercy, and thank you, Brother Dingguo, for pleading for me. I am willing to take the blame and make meritorious service to offset my guilt."

Li Dingguo just nodded but did not speak, but Zhang Xianzhong said loudly: "Okay, I am not a coward. I will give you a chance to take the blame and make meritorious service. You go to Mianyang to find the officer-in-chief and tell him that I will be with him in Jinguan in five days. Set up an array outside the city to fight to the death, but they are not allowed to use artillery. If I lose, I will personally cut off the head and give it to him."

After saying this, not to mention Sun Kewang, even Li Dingguo and the others all opened their mouths in astonishment, their faces full of disbelief.

Li Dingguo hesitated for a while, but stood up to persuade him: "Father, this matter may be very difficult to do. The officers and soldiers rely on the sharpness of their cannons to win successively. If they are asked to give up using cannons, it may be difficult to do so."

Others also agreed.

But Zhang Xianzhong said with a sly smile: "So you are still not cruel enough. I became the emperor, and you can only be courtiers. Hope, you go and tell the officer-in-chief. If he disagrees, I will kill Jin Guancheng. People in the city, send all men, women and children to see the King of Hades. When the time comes, let’s slap our butt and leave, and continue to fight the world immediately, let’s see what he will do with me?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. Who would have thought that a king would threaten the enemy with the lives of all the people in his capital?

Rao, everyone present is Zhang Xianzhong's confidant, and they all think Zhang Xianzhong is crazy.

(End of this chapter)