Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly:

"It's getting late, let's get going!"

Niu Chenghu and Niu Wancai bent down again:

"Your Majesty, take care, I will be leaving soon!"

After saying this, the two took the reins of the horses from the soldiers and got on their horses.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Hanzhong, we will definitely win it before the end of the year, as a New Year's gift from Lord Long Live!"

Zhu Youjian laughed:

"Don't be anxious, everything must be done safely, don't be rash!"

The two of them smiled and responded, raising their riding whips:

"drive!"

The war horse raised its hooves and gradually moved away.

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At this time in Hanzhong, a young general was fighting hard.

His name is Li Dingguo, and he is Zhang Xianzhong's second adopted son.

Although he is only 24 years old, he has been a veteran for ten years.

He was eight feet tall, handsome, measured, and famous in the military for his tolerance and kindness.

Li Dingguo took the lead in the battle and was so brave that he was called "Little Yuchi".

Some people also call him "the enemy of ten thousand people".

He is a rising general in the Great Western Army who is both wise and brave.

October.

I saw Li Zicheng being driven out of Beizhili by the Qing army and shrinking to the mountains and Shaanxi.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was originally known as Dashun, happened to capture the palace of the King of Shu and wipe out the last King of Shu.

He then established himself as emperor in Chengdu, founded the country of Sichuan, and named the country Daxi.

I don't know whether to disgust Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong designated the reign name of Daxi Kingdom as "Dashun".

and be implemented within the country immediately.

1644 is the first year of Dashun.

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Anyone who is familiar with geography knows that since ancient times, there have only been two main roads, one south and one north, into Sichuan.

Especially Hanzhong in the north is the bridgehead for progress in central Sichuan.

As early as last year, that is, in 1633, Li Zicheng sent He Jin, who was mainly composed of soldiers and horses from the fifth battalion of Gezuo, as well as Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zong to go west.

Li Zicheng dispatched three of the five armies and went straight to the northwest to capture the Gansu and Qinghai areas.

Then let He Jin garrison Xining Guard (Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province).

He also asked He Jinbu to manage Hanzhong and northern Sichuan.

Later generations always say that Li Zicheng was short-sighted without any research...

Little did he know that it was this reckless man who had long realized the importance of the northwest and began to explore the northwest region before he conquered the world.

Li Zicheng went as far west as Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia...

Map of Dashun in history

How can those heroes and sons of the Han family who are famous in history be short-sighted!

After most of the northwest was pacified, Li Zicheng transferred back Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin, leaving the fifth battalion of Gezuo troops in the northwest.

In the first month of 1644, He Jin was killed in an ambush while fighting the remnants of the Ming army.

The Northwest Dashun Army was commanded by He Zhen, Ma Ke, Xin Sizhong and others.

In 1644, this part of the Shun army went south and captured Hanzhong and northern Sichuan.

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After Zhang Xianzhong established Daxi, he issued successive edicts:

Establishing a money bureau to forge "Da Shun Tong Bao", opening schools to recruit scholars, "exempting the border from renting taxes for three years", not allowed to "recruit troops without authorization", "accept people's words without authorization", "marry local women as wives without authorization", are against the law... …

Under Zhang Xianzhong's series of measures, people's livelihood was quickly restored in the area controlled by the Daxi Army.

After stabilizing the internal affairs, Zhang Xianzhong began to use troops in northern Sichuan.

He first sent Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu to march into northern Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong used troops against Li Zicheng.

Who knew, but He Zhen pushed him to the ground and exploded the hammer.

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and sent his second son, Li Dingguo, northward.

(At this time, these four people were all given the surname "Zhang" by Zhang Xianzhong. To facilitate understanding, I used their original names.)

It is a pity that after his two adopted sons, Li Dingguo also suffered a series of tragic defeats at the hands of He Zhen and others.

At this time, the Dashun regime, after absorbing the elite of the Ming army, should not be underestimated.

Even Li Dingguo, the military god of later generations, suffered several defeats.

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to personally lead his troops north to northern Sichuan.

Most of Li Zicheng's troops were generals of the Ming army who had surrendered.

For example, He Zhen was a general of the Ming Army, and Xin Sizhong was born in Yulin.

It stands to reason that even if Zhang Xianzhong came in person, he would still be angry.

Who knows, at this time, news of Li Zicheng's failure at Shanhaiguan came, and the morale of the Shun Army in northern Sichuan suddenly became unstable.

He Zhen had no choice but to order Han Wen to take 4000 soldiers from northern Sichuan to evacuate Sichuan.

On the way to escape in embarrassment, the Shun army encountered Li Dingguo, the vanguard of the Great Western Army.

Han Wenwen held back his grievances and saw a group of Daxi troops in front of him burying pots and making rice. (The vanguard force led by Li Dingguo himself)

When Han Wen becomes popular, he will give him a punch when he steps forward.

Li Dingguo was defeated and retreated in embarrassment.

After returning to Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was furious when he saw Li Dingguo's defeat and beat Li Dingguo with twenty military sticks.

He was demoted to General Qian, but still wore the seal of General Anxi.

At this time, Li Dingguo had not yet experienced the impact of Zhang Xianzhong's death, and was not yet the god of war who would become a king after two defeats.

When he returned to the Hanzhong battlefield again, he didn't know that he was about to face the most humiliating time in his military career...

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The Onishi regime is the most stigmatized!

As for why – it’s obvious.

The Great Western Army hurt the Manchus...

At that time, Zhang Xianzhong adopted iron-blooded methods to resist those who refused to surrender. After breaking the city, he killed the generals and the recalcitrant officers.

It is undeniable that civilian casualties are inevitable in any military operation.

Zhang Xianzhong was massacred.

However, the Daxi Army's massacres were all aimed at the cities that led the troops to resist.

Even, it was limited to the resistance generals and gentry.

Except for the poor people affected by the war, we have not targeted these poor people.

Zhang Xianzhong is not a fool. How can he not understand that there is no profit to be squeezed out of the poor?

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As for the so-called Sichuan Massacre...

Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, and it was less than three years until his death.

At that time, part of central Sichuan was still in the hands of the Ming army, and part was in the hands of Li Zicheng. He alone...

Could he slaughter sixty million?

(I explained that the last [-] million people were refuted by countless steel bars. Dare I ask where the [-] million people who were killed in Sichuan came from?)

At that time, there were only 5-6 million people in the whole world!

Zhang Xianzhong is so awesome that he actually killed the entire population of the earth!

Don’t forget, it only took about a year for him to have stable control of Sichuan.

(Only in most major cities, there are also a large number of Ming army forces, chieftain forces, and gentry forces guarding remote mountainous areas!)

Sichuan is not a plain!

There are mountains everywhere, such terrain, such a short time...

How many people can he kill?

In 1646, the third year of Dashun, Zhang Xianzhong led an army of 50 to attack northern Sichuan and fought fiercely with the Qing army...

Zhang Xianzhong died in this military operation.

Later, Central Sichuan resisted until the middle of Kangxi, and it was not until the middle of Qianlong that Sichuan was completely pacified (the Big and Little Jinchuan Incident).

The people in Sichuan were so powerful. They were slaughtered to death by Zhang Xianzhong and turned into souls. They could still beat the Qing army for hundreds of years!

What a shame!

No wonder the Qing court can rule China!

A non-human bandit leader who carried artillery shells and lived vigorously for eight months, led an army of magicians who could fight ghosts...

People who don’t want to unify the world are just out of compassion!

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Some of the military orders issued by Zhang Xianzhong are still preserved to this day:

When attacking Luzhou:

Any of our sergeants who cause nuisance, implicate good people, or engage in other illegal activities such as sexual harassment and plunder must be strictly investigated and dealt with, and compensation for damages must be made.

In March of the second year of Dashun, the Monument of Liu Jin’s Appointment in the Daxi Xiaoqi Camp Governor’s Mansion clearly states:

It is strictly prohibited to "disrupt the local area" or "harm the good people".

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