I gather power with my gift of God and build the heaven

I don't know if it's the fire or the strong wind, but the thick fog is quickly fading and dissipating.

Wu Zhiwang and others were increasingly able to see the situation on the Weishui River.

The entire Wei River was enveloped in fire.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zhiwang couldn't help but staggered, his eyes went black for a while, and then he fainted suddenly.

Wu Zhiwang's last thought.

It's over, completely over, everything is over!

"My lord, my lord"

Seeing Wu Zhiwang fainting, all the soldiers and generals around him couldn't help but panic.

Then, after helping Wu Zhiwang lie down, everyone looked at the person beside them.

"Deputy Commander Yan, what should we do now?"

"what to do?"

Deputy Commander Yan looked at the Ming soldiers in front who were still fiercely attacking the city, and then looked at the Weishui River, where the fleet had been completely engulfed in flames.

After a slight hesitation, he gave the order simply.

"Evacuate! Evacuate Qinzhou first and wait until the adults wake up."

Wang Shi stood on the top of the city, looking at the distant flames in the direction of the Wei River and the Ming army that was gradually evacuating. He instantly understood that this was the arrival of the leader's support.

"Okay! The leader is finally here.

Finally, I no longer have to sit here in frustration.

If you are ambitious, the rest of the city will depend on you!

I’ll organize the manpower to chase them down one after another.”

Wang Shi said excitedly to Ma Youzhi, and quickly went down the city gate.

"yes!"

Seeing Wang Shi walking away happily, Ma Youzhi couldn't help but smile, but he still simply gave a military salute.

In this kind of head-on fighting, he wouldn't be of much help.

"Open the city gate wide and let the soldiers follow me to kill!"

"kill!"

"Kill!"

As the city gate opened wide, Wang Shi led the rescue army and galloped out.

Seeing this scene, the Ming army, which was retreating in an orderly manner, instantly panicked.

The retreat was blocked and it was already in a sea of ​​flames.

In addition, the commander was in a coma, the army was without a master, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. It was time to start withdrawing the troops.

There were obviously about 20,000 Ming troops, but they completely lost the courage to continue fighting.

They all ran away without caring, only hating their parents for giving him two legs.

On the other side, Wang Chao and others, who had already landed ashore, had also led 3,000 people's salvation troops to attack.

"kill!"

Suddenly, there were shouts of killing everywhere outside Qinzhou City. It was not until the second watch that the shouts of killing gradually stopped.

Dynasty and the others pursued them for nearly ten miles before slowly withdrawing their troops and returning with pressure on the surrendered prisoners.

In this battle, nearly 8,000 Ming troops were killed and nearly 10,000 were captured. It was a great victory.

By the time Wang Dynasty and the others returned and dealt with post-war matters, the sky was getting brighter.

Fortunately, everyone is now considered an extraordinary person, but they didn't feel very tired after not having a rest all night.

Wang Chao sat in the main seat with a heavy look on his face.

They did win big this time.

However, the People's Salvation Army's losses this time were the highest ever.

In fact, Wang Shi and the others had a huge disparity in strength. Even if they relied on the city wall for defense, they suffered a large number of casualties in the face of the Ming army's desperate attack.

In this single battle, the National Salvation Army lost nearly two hundred people, and almost everyone was injured.

Even Wang Shi and his staff officer Ma Youzhi suffered some minor injuries.

"Military Merits Department, keep records of military merits and provide follow-up pensions for deceased soldiers. We must not allow the families of deceased soldiers to be aggrieved in the slightest.

The Military Medal of Our Salvation Army is cast to honor the meritorious officers and their families, with priority given to military families in all matters.

If there is an elderly person in the family, the monthly salary, money and food should not be in short supply until the elderly person dies.

If the family has a wife and children, the monthly salary is five qian until the children reach adulthood."

"In addition, I intend to find a geomantic treasure outside Qinzhou City and build a Martyrs' Shrine to commemorate the soldiers who died in the war, so that they can be worshiped by our people's salvation army and the local protected people forever."

"The great leader!"

Wang Shi, Ma Youzhi and other generals in the army couldn't help but look moved, and they all stood up and saluted.

"Um!"

In the next few days, the dynasty began to make arrangements, find people to inspect the surrounding terrain, and prepare for the establishment of the Temple of Heroes.

On the other side, after running for a day and night, most of the Ming army finally escaped from Gongchang Mansion.

It's just that Governor Wu Zhiwang has been unconscious, making everyone worried.

It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that everyone retreated to the fragrant spring. Only then did Wu Zhiwang face the morning light and weakly opened his eyes.

"My lord, my lord"

"Sir, you finally woke up."

"What's wrong with me? Where am I? How's my form?"

As soon as he woke up, Wu Zhiwang held on to his tired body and struggled to ask about the current situation.

"Sir, you have been unconscious for more than two days. We have now left Gongchang Mansion. This is the fragrant spring of Fengxiang Mansion."

"Leaved Gongchang Mansion

Fengxiang Mansion, Xiangquan."

Wu Zhiwang muttered to himself and looked at the roof with some confusion.

After a long while, Wu Zhiwang came back to his senses and asked again.

"How many more troops do we have?"

"this"

"Say it."

"On our road, the dead are dead, and the descendants are falling; the fleeing ones are fleeing, and the scattered ones are scattered. Now there are only a thousand soldiers and horses left."

"One, one thousand."

Even though he had expected that the situation would not be good, Wu Zhiwang still couldn't help but feel desperate when he heard this number. His face turned pale and he was trembling and couldn't speak.

"Puff!"

Finally, Wu Zhiwang couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted again.

When he woke up again, it was already late at night. Looking at the servants who were waiting for him, Wu Zhiwang waved his hand with difficulty and asked them to retreat.

In the empty room, Wu Zhiwang felt chilled.

"Your Majesty.

I am ashamed of your trust."

Early the next morning, when the servants opened Wu Zhiwang's room, they were shocked to find that Wu Zhiwang had hanged himself.

When the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar.

When Emperor Chongzhen got the news, he immediately became furious and scolded Wu Zhiwang for having been favored by the emperor for generations, but he really failed to live up to his trust. Not only did he fail to suppress the bandits, but he also committed suicide out of fear of punishment afterwards.

The good mood after receiving a satisfactory memorial just now disappeared in an instant.

After a long while, Chongzhen suppressed his anger, sat heavily on the dragon throne, and looked at the memorial in front of him in a trance.

It was a memorial submitted by Qian Jiazheng, a Haiyan native, which impeached Wei Zhongxian.

Seeing the powerful and corrupt, the people were chilled. For example, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the East Factory, could be allowed to escape the punishment of the four villains and the surrender of the evil spirits in one day?

Below, he listed his ten major crimes

First, he was on par with the emperor; second, he despised the queen; third, he manipulated the military power; fourth, he had no ancestors; fifth, he reduced the titles of the vassal kings; sixth, he had no respect for the saints; seventh, he arbitrarily granted titles and rewards; eighth, he covered up the merits of the border; ninth, he exploited the people; tenth, he accepted bribes and had connections.

One by one, any one of them could sentence Wei Zhongxian to death.

Thinking of the rebellion in Shaanxi, Chongzhen became even more angry, and his breathing gradually became heavy.

"Go and call Wei Zhongxian to me."

He could not do anything about the rebels far away in Gongchang Prefecture, Shaanxi for the time being, so Wei Zhongxian in front of him was his punching bag.

Anyway, now he was almost ready, and Wei Zhongxian basically could not make any big waves.

At this time, Wang Chao also received the news that Wu Zhiwang committed suicide, and he could not help but sigh.

This is really what fate has to do.

In history, Wu Zhiwang committed suicide on February 10, the first year of Chongzhen, after the encirclement and suppression of Wang Er failed.

However, there are different opinions.

One said that he committed suicide out of fear of crime, and another said that Wu Zhiwang died of illness.

Now, Wu Zhiwang committed suicide in Xiangquan, Fengxiang Prefecture in advance because of Wang Chao and the rescue army.

However, Wang Chao did not take it too seriously. After all, he was just the governor of the Ming court and his enemy.

And since he was an enemy, it was better for him to die.

In the following days, Shuntian Prefecture was turbulent.

Chongzhen first reprimanded Wei Zhongxian, and then hurriedly issued an order to promote Li Qiao, the left governor of Shaanxi Province, to the position of governor of Shaanxi Province and governor of Shaanxi military affairs, responsible for suppressing Wang Er, Wang Chao and other rebels.

It can be said that he had great power, and he was in charge of military, civilian and financial affairs, but at the same time, the pressure was also great.

If he could not suppress Wang Er and Wang Chao, he would wait for Chongzhen to punish him.

Then, under the impeachment of Yang Lian and others, Chongzhen finally sent Wei Zhongxian to Fengyang Prefecture to guard the ancestral tomb.

Wei Zhongxian looked back at the capital, with a look of panic and loneliness on his face, and then turned and entered the carriage.

A group of more than 40 carriages, carrying countless gold, silver and jewelry, and more than a thousand soldiers set off.

When Chongzhen got the news, he couldn't help but get angry again. What did Wei Zhongxian want to do? He couldn't help but curse again.

". I think Wei Zhongxian and others not only coveted famous objects and messed up criminal laws;

They also robbed and emptied the treasures of our ancestors, the rare treasures handed down from the country, and the gold and silver.

They should have been cut into pieces, but considering that the coffin is in the funeral, I will temporarily leave it in Fengyang.

But I didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to be so evil that he didn't want to change himself. He dared to recruit fugitives, brought his own knives, and surrounded the households, as if he was going to rebel."

Generally speaking, you, Wei Zhongxian, not only violated the law and discipline, but also stole the gold and silver treasures of my Zhu family.

I originally wanted to let you go for the sake of my brother, but now you don't want to repent and recruit more than a thousand fugitives. Are you going to rebel like those rebels in Shaanxi?

So, after scolding, Chongzhen immediately summoned the Jinyiwei and asked them to escort Wei Zhongxian back to Beijing.

In short, you, Wei Zhongxian, are too rich and too arrogant, so you should die.

On December 13, Wei Zhongxian and Li Chaoqin hanged themselves in an inn in Fucheng.

However, Wei Zhongxian died happily, but Chongzhen was not.

I haven't personally ordered you to be killed, how can you commit suicide?

Therefore, Chongzhen ordered again to have their bodies lingchi and their heads hung in Hejian Prefecture.

A few days later, Cui Chengxiu hanged himself, and Ke Shi was beaten to death in the laundry bureau. The angry Chongzhen once again lingchied their bodies and hung their heads in the capital and Jizhou respectively;

Afterwards, Wei Zhongxian and Ke Shi's children were all beheaded and displayed to the public.

And if we talk about pitiful ones, it is probably Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangdong, nephew Wei Pengyi, and Cui Chengxiu's son Cui Tong.

They were only two or three years old and went to the market together.

It had been only three months since Chongzhen ascended the throne, and only ten days since he really exerted his power. Wei Zhongxian and his cronies, who had once been rampant and powerful in the court, were almost all killed by Chongzhen.

At this time, Chongzhen was very proud and felt that he had killed and exterminated Wei Zhongxian, a powerful eunuch, in a short time. He thought that other things should be easy to do.

For a moment, Chongzhen felt that he could turn the tide and control the world.

This might be the most glorious moment in his life.

At this time, he once again turned his attention to Shaanxi. The existence of Wang Er and Wang Chao’s army became more and more annoying in his eyes.

These rebels must be wiped out as quickly as possible.

It is unknown how Li Qiao, the governor he appointed, is carrying out his mission now.

Chongzhen could not help but order people to find information from Shaanxi.

However, in just over ten days, he could know that Li Qiao had received the imperial edict and was preparing to send troops.

Thinking that he had killed the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and his gang in more than ten days, but there was no news from Shaanxi, Chongzhen could not help but feel a little anxious and immediately sent an envoy to inquire.