What is the truth about Zhang's suppression of Sichuan?

In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Zhang was defeated by Zuo Liangyu at Goupingguan and led the army into Sichuan. On the way to Sichuan, Agate Mountain in Taiping County was attacked by Zheng Chongjian and Zuo Liangyu, causing heavy casualties. Later, it was chased and intercepted by Huguang Army, Sichuan Army and Shaanxi Army. The peasant army suffered heavy losses, retreated to the mountainous area of Xing 'an Guizhou, and was surrounded by Zuo Liangyu and other troops. The peasant army was in trouble. ?

To this end, Zhang took advantage of the contradiction with Zuo Liangyu and sent someone to bribe Zuo Liangyu with heavy treasures, saying, "It is because of my existence that the court reused you and your subordinates killed innocent people. It was seen in North Korea a long time ago. If I am gone, it is not far from your death. " Zuo Liangyu's morale was slack, and Zhang took the opportunity to gather, disperse and die. With the help of villagers, he walked out of Xing 'an and joined Luo Rucai and other departments.

Zhang also used the contradiction between Shao Jiechun and the governor of Sichuan to concentrate his forces and storm Xinning (now Kaijiang, Sichuan) defended by Shao Jiechun. Shao Jiechun didn't expect the peasant army to be so fast, and the loyalist army would collapse at the touch of a button. After the peasant army broke through the Xinning defense line, it successfully entered Sichuan. The peasant army's entry into Sichuan broke Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression, and the military turned from defense to attack.

Stubborn, it is taken for granted that loyalists have surrounded Zhang and Luo Rucai in the border areas of Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi, and they are sure to win. But it actually faces military orders, from the governor to the general. Then the soldiers. Few people will carry it out. ?

Zhang tried his best to avoid fighting positional warfare with loyalists, but adopted the strategy of "attacking the enemy by walking". He can travel more than 300 miles day and night, often making his loyalists lose sight of one thing and lose sight of another, being caught between Scylla and Charybdis and being on the run.

In December of the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Yang Sichang saw that the peasant army could not be destroyed, and took the way of "appealing" in an attempt to split and disintegrate. Luo Rucai's crime was pardoned, and the defector was given an official position, but Zhang was not pardoned, and a reward was offered for Zhang's capture.

But the next day, a notice appeared on the wall of Yang Sichang Railway Station, which read: "Anyone who can cut off this inspector will be rewarded with silver and San Qian". Yang Sichang was very frustrated by the tit-for-tat response of the peasant army. He suspected that both left and right factions had contacted the peasant army.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (164 1), Zhang once fought in Sichuan for nearly half a year. At this point, the peasant army was pursued by the loyalist Zuo Liangyu department in Huangling City of Kaixian County, and Liu Shijie and guerrilla Guo Kaili of the left department immediately participated in the war. As the peasant army got earlier and earlier, Zhang took out his elite soldiers and went around to attack the loyalist rear. Zuo Liangyu fled, Liu Shijie and Guo Kaili were killed, loyalist killed more than half, and peasant army won a total victory.

Extended data

Zhang (1606 September 18- 1647 June 5438+0.2) was born in Dingbian County, Qingyang City, Yan 'an District, Shaanxi Province. The leader of the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty was as famous as Li Zicheng, the founder of the great western regime.

Born in poverty, smart and stubborn since childhood. Do a little business with my father and sell red dates. When he was a Aauto Quicker catcher, he entered Yansui Town and became a border guard. He was born with a strong will, loved to fight injustice, and almost died for it. During the Chongzhen period, the peasant army uprising was organized, Fengyang was defeated, the imperial tomb was burned, the counties and counties were broken, and Xiangyang was trapped, winning many battles. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, he conquered Wuchang and claimed to be the Great Western King. Led the troops into Sichuan, established the Daxi regime in Chengdu, and achieved great success.

In the third year of Dashun (1646 65438+10.2), he led troops to resist the Qing army and was shot dead by Qing princes Haug and Shuo Su in Fenghuang Mountain in Xichong.

Mystery of sinking silver

See: Zhang Gold Plate, Pengshan River Mouth Site, Sichuan.

There is a folk song in Chengdu: "Shi Niu pays millions to buy stone drums. Some people can understand and buy them all. " Legend has it that the Qing soldiers entered the customs, and Sichuan fought for years, and Zhang had to withdraw from Chengdu. According to folk songs and legends, when Zhang was defeated and retired from Chengdu, he hid the gold and silver treasures of the "Western powers" in secret. In order to find the hidden treasure in the future, so as not to lose it because of the age, he designed Shi Niu and Shigu as treasure marks. Whoever discovers Shi Niu Stone Drum may discover the mysterious treasure of "Great Western Countries".

More than a thousand ships of Zhang's gold, silver and jewels sailed down the river from Chengdu, and were raided by bureaucrats in western Sichuan in the area of "Tiger Beach" in Jiangkou Town, pengshan county, Sichuan. Most of the gold, silver and jewels on 1000 ships sank into the river with the fleet.

On April 20th, 2005, the water diversion project in pengshan county started. When the construction team dug the trench for laying the pipeline on the "Tiger Beach" riverbed of Minjiang River, a bundle of *** 10 silver ingots was shoveled, and the words "Silver 520 in August of the 16th year of Chongzhen" were clearly marked when casting the silver ingots.

According to the preliminary appraisal by the cultural management department of pengshan county, these unearthed silver ingots belong to the official silver of Ming Dynasty, which provides evidence for solving the mystery of Zhang Zai's "thousands of ships sinking into silver". The silver ingots unearthed this time, whether from the silver ingot itself or its outer packaging, are consistent with historical records, thus confirming that Zhang's statement of sinking silver here more than 300 years ago is completely in line with the historical truth.

20 15 12 16 experts confirmed the site of Zhangjiangkou and called for its protection as soon as possible. 2016,6543815 October, a number of precious cultural relics were discovered in the center of the site of "Jiangkou" in Zhang. In addition to the silver ingots engraved with the year number "Daxi" and the gold and silver coins "Wang Xishang", the most precious ones are 12 cm long, 10 cm wide and weighing 730 grams. ?

20 17, 17, 17, 17, and 65,438,000 pieces of underwater archaeology in Pengshan estuary have made great progress after more than two months, confirming the legend of "Zhang Hekou sinking into silver".

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