Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"Oh? They want to escape? Where are they going to escape to?" Zhang Shikang asked.

"This... Your Excellency, I only heard that I was going to escape, but I don't know where to escape to." Luo Wenlong said with some embarrassment.

It was only because of his high military rank that he was able to get this information from the four generals.

As for where to escape specifically, perhaps only the four generals know.

At this time, a soldier brought Zhang Xianzhong's head to Zhang Shikang. Zhang Shikang frowned, looked at it, waved his hand and had someone take it aside.

He did not hate Zhang Xianzhong, it was just that they had different positions.

Although Zhang Xianzhong was not a good person, he was able to stir up trouble in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he was a hero.

According to the news from the Imperial Household Department, during the more than one year that Zhang Xianzhong stayed in Sichuan, he not only killed all the Ming royal family members in Sichuan, but also killed all the landlords and gentry.

However, he did not massacre civilians. People in many places even spoke well of Zhang Xianzhong.

It simply meant that after killing all the royal family members, landlords and gentry, the lives of the common people became a little better.

"Dasheng, collect their weapons and bring them back to the camp." Zhang Shikang turned his horse's head with disappointment on his face.

Luo Wenlong also frowned, seeming to be very dissatisfied with the attitude of the government troops, but since things had come to this point, he did not dare to disobey and could only obediently follow Sun Dasheng.

When they arrived at the military camp, the remaining 6,000 or so subordinates of Luo Wenlong were all under custody. Zhang Shikang then ordered the Jinyiwei to interrogate Luo Wenlong and several of his subordinates separately.

The Jinyiwei were indeed professional. It only took them half an hour to find out Luo Wenlong's past and present life.

Luo Wenlong's own confession, of course, did his best to speak well of himself, but from the mouths of other people, Zhang Shikang found out many despicable things.

For example, this guy often raped women, and the women would die soon. It is said that in the past year alone, more than a dozen women were raped to death by him.

This is only part of Luo Wenlong's crimes.

His subordinates were not good people either. Most of them were bandits, and some were murderers.

Zhang Shikang directly ordered the Jinyiwei to detain these leaders, and Luo Wenlong regretted it deeply.

He originally thought that if he surrendered to the government army, he would be valued by the government army as usual. Even if he didn't get promoted or make money, at least he would still be able to control the troops and become a mid-level general.

I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the military camp, it was like being in prison.

Of course, Zhang Shikang had his own reasons.

Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the government army more than once or twice. Zhang Shikang did not kill these fickle guys outright, which was already a mercy outside the law.

The most important thing is that the imperial court is no longer the impoverished imperial court of the past, and it will not be overjoyed because of the surrender of a small group of bandits.

These 6,000 bandits, plus the tens of thousands of prisoners captured in the Battle of Yongchuan, would require the court to spend more money and food to resettle them.

Most of these guys have experience of killing people, so even if they are resettled, they are still unstable factors.

Compared with this, killing them through war is more efficient. No wonder both Zhang Shikang and Sun Dasheng were not interested in the surrender of the bandits.

After Zhang Shikang ordered someone to inform Qin Liangyu of the general situation of the matter, he went back to sleep for a nap.

In the city of Chengdu, the four generals sat together, anxiously discussing the aftermath.

Things happened too suddenly. Before this, although the adoptive father would discuss important matters with them, it was basically Zhang Xianzhong who made the decisions.

Now that Zhang Xianzhong has been suddenly killed, the four brothers must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise the morale of the army will suffer a severe blow.

"Everyone, no matter what, my foster father is dead. We must elect a leader as soon as possible. Otherwise, if we fight on our own, we will be courting death."

Sun Kewang looked at the other three people and said.

In his words, the title also changed, and he now called his father "adoptive father".

The meaning is very simple. The Great Western Kingdom was just a temporary idea of the adoptive father. Now a large area of territory has been taken back by the imperial court, and the city of Chengdu is also in danger.

Mentioning the Atlantis again would be a joke, but everyone knew that there could only be one voice in the army.

"Since we don't mention the Great Western Kingdom, we are still just the rebel army.

The righteous army puts righteousness first. Our adoptive father treated us well, but now he has been killed by a traitor.

The hatred for the murder of my father is irreconcilable. If you can promise to make revenge for my adoptive father your goal from now on, I will support you." Zhang Dingguo said calmly.

"My foster father treated us well, but he was just taking advantage of our abilities.

Wake up, Li Dingguo, your surname is Li, not Zhang.

Since Luo Wenlong has surrendered to the government troops, how could it be so easy to kill him?

We can't even break the government army's musket formation!" Sun Kewang frowned and scolded.

“Our biggest problem now is how to survive.

Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, what are your opinions?" Sun Kewang asked again.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong died, Sun Kewang restored his original surname and even called out the original surnames of three other people.

Liu Wenxiu remained silent, Ai Nengqi frowned and said:

"I listen to big brother."

"Fourth brother, eldest brother is right. We have to survive first." Liu Wenxiu sighed.

Li Dingguo still insisted on his opinion, but agreed to resolve the current crisis first.

After discussion among the four, Sun Kewang was finally made the leader of the army, but each of them still commanded his own troops.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, in order to boost military morale, Sun Kewang immediately ordered all the soldiers in the barracks to cook, and at the same time ordered some soldiers to go to Zhang Xianzhong's palace.

He packed up all the gold, silver and valuables in the palace that were easy to take away, and while the soldiers were eating, he announced Zhang Xianzhong's death in public.

Surprised, Sun Kewang began to distribute silver. Each soldier received dozens of taels, and the generals received even more.

So the soldiers quickly recovered from their pretended grief and were all grinning from ear to ear with joy.

When the generals and soldiers heard the news that Sun Kewang would move on immediately after the meal, they were very supportive.

The war had reached this point and it was impossible to win. Many people had actually already considered running away, after all, Zhang Xianzhong had always done so before.

But it was probably because Zhang Xianzhong became the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom and developed a problem of defending his territory.

In fact, in the eyes of everyone, the Atlantis Kingdom is not much different from a makeshift team, and for ordinary soldiers, there is nothing worth reminiscing about.

So just after the hour of Mao, Sun Kewang gave an order and the remaining 60,000 people in the city opened the west gate of Chengdu and fled in panic before dawn.

Quarter of an hour later, Ye Bushou discovered the news and immediately informed Qin Liangyu.

When Qin Liangyu learned from Luo Wenlong that Zhang Xianzhong was planning to escape, she became cautious and ordered the 6,000 cavalrymen not to take off their armor.

When he learned that Sun Kewang and others had escaped from the city, he immediately ordered Sun Dasheng to lead the cavalry to pursue the enemy.

At the same time, he ordered the entire army to assemble immediately and prepare to pursue and annihilate the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong.

It would take a long time for all 60,000 troops to leave the city.

When Sun Dasheng led 6,000 cavalry to the outside of the west city of Chengdu, Ai Nengqi had just led his troops to evacuate Chengdu.

The bandits didn't have many cavalry at this time, so they were quickly caught up by Sun Dasheng.

Sun Kewang did not expect the government troops to arrive so quickly. He knew that if he did not make a decision, everyone might have to stay here, so he immediately ordered Ai Nengqi at the back:

"Old Four, you stay behind to guard the rear."

"Don't worry, big brother. Leave this to me. You guys go!"

Ai Nengqi did not hesitate at all and led his men to meet the government troops.

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